surgical gut

Yes, there were syringes in case he needed one, and amid the rolls of surgical tape and surgical scissors and neatly wrapped papers of surgical gut were several ampules of very deadly stuff.

Even the relatively few items of hospital-type waste - catheter tubes, a face mask, swabs, a wrist identification band, a white sheet and surgical gut, all found at Jones Beach - could easily have come from labs, clinics or trash deposits, rather than from any one hospital.