Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1835
notes: label: Description
content: John P. Bethell (1817-1882), a Philadelphia physician, described this type of forceps in 1853.
label: Description
content: Ref: J. P. Bethell, “Description of a New Obstetric Forceps constructed upon Philosophical Principles,” American Journal of the Medical Sciences 26 (July 1853): 116-121.
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 108.
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.316358.34
label: catalog number
content: 316358.34
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Bethell
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Bethell; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 16 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 6.985 cm x 41.275 cm