Box, ligatures, Silkworm Gut, Johnson & Johnson, UNKNOWN

Physical description

Round, flat cardboard box with lid containing silkworm gut ligatures for medical use. Made from white cardboard with red edging. The lid has a paper label adhered to surface printed in red, blue, yellow and gold. A small label is stuck on tip of the larger label.
The underside of the box is plain white but had handwritten words in pencil.

Inscriptions & markings

On bottom, handwritten in pencil "Always Boil"
Label on lid "One hundred ligatures Silkworm gut"

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