Sutures

Description:

Sutures in a glass vial, with a paper label that reads in part “SEABURY’S / CHROMIC” and “No. 779,338.”

Ref: Seward W. Williams, “Tube for Containing Surgical Articles,” U.S. Patent 779,338 (Jan. 5, 1905), assigned to Seabury and Johnson.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1980.0698.197Accession Number: 1980.0698Catalog Number: 1980.0698.197

Object Name: suturesOther Terms: Surgery

Measurements: overall: 4 1/4 in x 1/4 in; x 10.795 cm x .635 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6acc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_726369

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