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.
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