Catgut

Catgut (also known as gut) is a type of cord^[1] that is prepared from the natural fiber found in the walls of animal intestines.^[2] Catgut makers usually use sheep or goat intestines, but occasionally use the intestines of cattle,^[3] hogs, horses, mules, or donkeys.^[4] Despite the name, catgut is not made from cat intestines.

^ Underwood, Oscar Wilder (1913). Tariff schedules: Hearings before the Committee on ways and means. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 5691. Retrieved February 27, 2010. [T]here is no such thing as crude catgut or catgut unmanufactured. Catgut is a manufactured article and a finished product; the crude form are the intestines or guts of sheep or other animals. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ Roenigk, Randall K.; Henry H. Roenigk (23 January 1996). Roenigk & Roenigk's dermatologic surgery: principles and practice. CRC Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780824795030. Catgut sutures are made from the submucosal layer of the small intestine of sheep and the serosal layer of the small intestine of cattle.
^ "The unusual uses for animal body parts". BBC. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
^ Hiskey, Daven (12 November 2010). "Violin strings were never made out of actual cat guts". TodayIFoundOut.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[1] Underwood, Oscar Wilder (1913). Tariff schedules: Hearings before the Committee on ways and means. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 5691. Retrieved February 27, 2010. [T]here is no such thing as crude catgut or catgut unmanufactured. Catgut is a manufactured article and a finished product; the crude form are the intestines or guts of sheep or other animals. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[2] Roenigk, Randall K.; Henry H. Roenigk (23 January 1996). Roenigk & Roenigk's dermatologic surgery: principles and practice. CRC Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780824795030. Catgut sutures are made from the submucosal layer of the small intestine of sheep and the serosal layer of the small intestine of cattle.

[3] "The unusual uses for animal body parts". BBC. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

[4] Hiskey, Daven (12 November 2010). "Violin strings were never made out of actual cat guts". TodayIFoundOut.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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