Historical information

This medical / hospital equipment was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s, specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.

Significance

Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.

Physical description

x 15 packets/sachets of Black braided silk sutures and x 3 packets of Surgical Catgut in a cardboard box with a tray sliding out. The box is labelled. The sachets are standing up in the tray.
The packets are labelled and have foil at the back and clear plastic attached at the front. The suture is sterilised and possibly in a sachet of its own behind the label.

Inscriptions & markings

Box and each sachet: Blue label at end of tray- 684H (top left) 2 metric (3/0) ETHICON / Silk / Black Braided /Silk Suture /45 cm Non-Capillary Sterile / Johnson & Johnson / medical Products Pty. Ltd. Sydney. (on right) Cutting FS-1 / 24mm. Sachet yellow label: Plain 2/0 metric 3.5 / Ethicon / Surgical Catgut, B.P. / Sterile / Non- Boilable / Taper CT-1/ 36 mm / Length 75 cm / Ethnor Pty. Ltd. Sydney. Across the sachet is a dotted line (for cutting?) then across the label Plain 2/0 / 843. Top of box - broken label. Made in Australia /Johnson&Johnson