Summary
Merson's Surgical Sutures, catgut, used in a surgery, probably at Mayday Hills Hospital. Made: G.F.Merson Ltd., 1940, used: 1940
Physical Description
Cardboard box holding glass bottle containing catgut surgical suture in sterilised liquid. .1 base of box; .2 lid of box; .3 glass bottle.
Significance
Example of surgical equipment used in psychiatric hospitals in Victoria Australia
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mayday Hills Hospital, Sep 1992
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Manufacturer
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Place & Date Used
Mayday Hills Hospital, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1940
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Inscriptions
Printed box: Mersons/sterilized/surgical/suture/(catgut)/three reel bottle/222/plain/G.F.Merson Ltd/Edinburgh. [Extensive text].
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overall dimensions
4 cm (Length), 4 cm (Width), 8 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
45 mm (Length), 40 mm (Width), 80 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, Surgery, Making History - Psych Services
