Merson's Selected Horse Hair sutures

Maker
1. G. F. Merson Ltd. (estab. 1917, closed 1947)
2. Felton Grimwade & Duerdins Ltd (estab. 1867)
Date
1942
 Description
Clear cylindrical glass tube with flat-topped metal screw-on lid, containing "Merson's Selected Horse Hair" by G.F. Merson Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland. Spool of horsehair is floating in sterilized solution. Glass tube is encased in yellow cylindrical cardboard tube, with flattened top and bottom ends and red, blue, black on white label.

Originally donated to the Medical Society of Victoria (which later became part of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Medical Association). The A.M.A. loaned its museum collection of documents and artefacts to the University of Melbourne in 1994 and gifted in 2011.
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Object detail

Maker
Other Maker
Felton Grimwade & Duerdins Ltd (estab. 1867) ▫ product
Date
1942
Medium
horsehair, liquid, glass, cardboard, paper and ink
Measurements
18.8 x 3.2 cm
Accession Number
MHM03952
Credit line
Gift of AMA Victoria, 2011
Inscriptions
name/inscriptions ▫ as printed labels: 'MERSON'S/SELECTED/HORSE HAIR/STERILE/(logo)/REGISTERED/IN GT. BRITAIN/50 x 12 inch strands/G. F. MERSON, LTD./EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND' and 'MERSON'S...'
retailer or distributor/labels ▫ as printed label: 'Sole Agents for/VICTORIA/Felton Grimwade & Duerdins Ltd./(...)/MELBOURNE'
Object Type
equipment
packaging
Named Collection
AMA Victoria
Medical History Museum Category
Medical and Surgical Equipment and Instruments
Museum
Medical History Museum

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