Obstetrical Forceps
Obstetrical Forceps
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- Description
- Lyman Guy Barton (1866-1944), a physician in Plattsburgh, N.Y., introduced this type of obstetrical forceps in the 1920s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Forceps, Obstetrical, Baston
- obstetrical forceps
- Other Terms
- Forceps, Obstetrical, Baston; Medicine
- date made
- ca 1928
- Measurements
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 10 in x 14 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 25.4 cm x 37.465 cm
- ID Number
- MG.316358.40
- catalog number
- 316358.40
- 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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