Calgitex Alginate Gauze - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 31183 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | NONE Laminaria sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Calgitex Alginate Gauze | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Calgitex Alginate Gauze | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Calgitex Alginate GauzeUse: MEDICINES - Injuries User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Injuries | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 38 A 1 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Medical Alginates Ltdx0Dx0A | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Contains long leaflet and note. The fibre is made by forcing solution of Na alginate through the very fine perforations in a small metal plate a spinnerette - see specimen, into a solution of CaCl,2, which converts the sodium salt into ins, oluble Ca alginate. These fibres are spun to form a thread which is woven into gauze. | ||||