Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description
content: This form of obstetrical forceps was associated with James Blundell (1790-1878), a British obstetrician and physiologist. An inscription on this example reads “OSCAR FOSS.”
label: Description
content: Ref: James Blundell, The Principles and Practices of Obstetricy (London, 1834).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Edgar Haybeck, M.D., Obstetric & Gynecology, Centreal Medico-Surgical Clinic, West Allis WI
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.316358.22
label: catalog number
content: 316358.22
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Da Blundell
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Da Blundell; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 1/2 in x 14 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 8.89 cm x 36.195 cm