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Surgical Silk Thread, by S. Maw & Son, London, World War I

Inventory Number 93203


Subject
Surgery
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by A.C. Hyde Parker.
Primary inscriptions
.1: 'A.C. Hyde Parker, Esq/ 2, Tesdale House/ Marcham Road/ ABINGDON/ Berks', 'ABINGDON 5-45/ 12 DEC/ 1963', 'WD Surplus aft GT War/ Petty[?] France', 'Surgical Supplies 1st World War', 'Prague/Prague/Prague/Prague'; .2: '3'; .4: 'SILK/ STERILE/ TUBES/ 12'; .5: 'Sterilized Silk./S. Maw, Son & Sons, London.'
Dimensions
Height: 235mm Width: 94mm Depth: 34mm Weight: 6g
Inventory No
93203

Description

Paper envelope containing twelve glass sealed ampoules sterile surgical silk in cylindrical tin marked "SILK/ STERILE/ TUBES/12", and two wooden reels with thick twisted threads of silk (?).