Obstetrical Forceps

Description:

This type of obstetrical forceps, with a screw in the handle, was introduced by George Thomson Elliot (1827-1871), a New York obstetrician.

Ref: George T. Elliott, “Description of a New Midwifery Forceps, Having a Sliding Pivot to prevent Compression of the Foetal Head,” New York Journal of Medicine 5 (1853): 160-163.

George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 104.

Date Made: ca 1880

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Women's Health

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine

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Credit Line: from Edgar Haybeck, M.D., Obstetric & Gynecology, Centreal Medico-Surgical Clinic, West Allis WI

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.316358.23Catalog Number: 316358.23Accession Number: 316358

Object Name: Forceps, Obstetrical, Elliotobstetrical forcepsOther Terms: Forceps, Obstetrical, Elliot; Medicine

Measurements: overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 16 in; 6.35 cm x 8.255 cm x 40.64 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7018-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_734649

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