Obstetrical Forceps
Obstetrical Forceps
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- Description
- Obstetrical forceps with a “TIEMANN & CO.” inscription and an ebony handle. While Tiemann referred to this as a Mathews type forceps, the form actually originated with James Mathews Duncan (1826–1890), a private assistant to the eminent Scottish obstetrician, Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870). According to one account, Duncan “modified Simpson’s forceps by making the handles shorter and covering them with checquered wood. The shoulders near the articulation in Simpson’s forceps were also omitted.”
- Ref: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 106.
- Kedarnath Das, Obstetric Forceps: Its History and Evolution (Calcutta, 1929), p. 393.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Forceps
- obstetrical forceps
- Other Terms
- Forceps; Delivery
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- associated place
- United States: Wisconsin, West Allis
- Physical Description
- metal, steel (overall material)
- wood, ebony (overall material)
- cast (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.3 cm x 7.5 cm x 41.6 cm; 3 1/4 in x 2 15/16 in x 16 3/8 in
- ID Number
- MG.316358.17
- catalog number
- 316358.17
- accession number
- 316358
- Credit Line
- from Edgar Haybeck, M.D., Obstetric & Gynecology, Centreal Medico-Surgical Clinic, West Allis WI
- subject
- Women's Health
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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