Forceps

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Description:

Pryor’s vulsellum forceps, associated with William Rice Pryor (d. 1904), Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the New York Polyclinic Institute.

Ref: “Dr. W. R. Pryor Seriously Ill,” New York Times (Aug. 21, 1904), p. 12.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1977.0808.079Accession Number: 1977.0808Catalog Number: 1977.0808.079

Object Name: forcepsOther Terms: Medicine

Measurements: overall: 7 in x 2 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 6.985 cm x 1.905 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6945-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_726763

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