Surgical suture father of medicine, Hippocrates, described suture techniques, as did the later Roman Aulus Cornelius Celsus. The 2nd-century Roman physician Galen described gut sutures. In the 10th century, the catgut suture along with the surgery needle were developed by Abulcasis. The catgut suture was similar to that of strings for violins, guitar, and tennis racquet and it involved harvesting sheep intestines. Joseph Lister endorsed the routine sterilization of all suture threads. He first attempted sterilization with the 1860s "carbolic catgut," and chromic catgut followed two decades later. Sterile catgut was finally achieved in 1906 with iodine treatment. The next great leap
Catgut (horse) in a five furlong Subscription Plate. The race was for two and three-year-olds with the provision that the winner would be available for sale at a price of 350 guineas. Catgut started second favourite in a twelve runner field but finished unplaced behind Soota, a black filly owned by Mr Lake. Catgut was retired from racing to become a broodmare at the Duke of Grafton's stud. She produced five foal by stallions including Election, Partisan and Woful before being sold to Mr S L Fox in 1829. The following pedigree assumes that Catgut was sired by Comus Catgut (horse) Catgut