The conditions in the muck preserved the wood and other objects, including those made with bone, fiber, gum, rawhide and gut.
George F. Merson (1866–1959), Scottish pharmacist who produced surgical catgut
In the mid-1940s, classical guitarist Andrés Segovia mentioned the shortage of good guitar strings in the United States, particularly his favorite Pirastro catgut strings, to a number of foreign diplomats at a party, including General Lindeman of the British Embassy.