Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Crin de Florence - Suture thread - Catgut
Natural suture thread for surgery or drainage obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Crin de Florence was obtained by stretching the sericogenic apparatus of the Bombyx mori butterfly caterpillar, which was first killed by soaking it in vinegar.
This thread was also used for fishing line, to which the hook is attached.
(Source Dr Paul Dorveaux: Historique du Crin de Florence - 1909)
Natural Crin de Florence began to be replaced by synthetic thread after the Second World War, mainly due to the degeneration of silkworms, which no longer produced the coarse threads preferred by surgeons.
(Source: La fin d'une ligature chirurgicale, le crin de Florence by Georges Dillemann - 1984)
From the TUTO brand manufactured by Laboratoires Corbière, Paris
Glass tube dimensions: 16cm
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Antique tin medicine box
Empty
Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal
Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Solution N°153
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
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Anatomie de L'Homme - 1831
Anatomy of Man
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Antiseptic
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Followed by his Atlas in black and white
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Mrs Bataille-Simon, First Class Pharmacist in Beaumont sur Sarthe - Tel 9
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Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
19th century pharmacy display blue jar
Blown glass
Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
