Obstetrical Forceps
name: label: maker
content: F Arnold
notes: label: Description
content: The form of these forceps was associated with Hugh Lenox Hodge (1796-1873), professor of obstetrics at the University of Pennsylvania. An inscription reads "F. ARNOLD / BALT."
label: Description
content: Ref: Hugh Lenox Hodge, The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics (Philadelphia, 1864).
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 103.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.083
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.083
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Object Name
content: forceps, obstetrical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 39.5 cm x 6.7 cm x 8 cm; 15 9/16 in x 2 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in