Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description
content: The form of these forceps was associated with Etienne Stephane Tarnier (1828-1897), a prominent Parisian professor of obstetrics.
label: Description
content: Ref: M. Tarnier, Description de deux Nouveaux Forceps (Paris, 1877).
label: Description
content: “The New Forceps of M. Tarnier,” British Medical Journal (May 26, 1877): 665-666.
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 13.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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.316358.59
label: catalog number
content: 316358.59
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Irving Axis Traction
label: Object Name
content: forceps, obstetrical
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Irving Axis Traction; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 16 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 42.2275 cm x 18.415 cm