Vulsellum Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: A vulsellum forceps is a surgical instrument with serrated, clawed, or hooked blades designed for use in obstetrics and gynecology. This example is of the form known as Cushing's vulsellum forceps.
label: Description
content: Ref: Blees-Moore Instrument Co., Surgical Instruments (St. Louis, 1901), p. 359.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0808.077
label: accession number
content: 1977.0808
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0808.077
objectType: label: Object Name
content: forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 3/8 in; 23.1775 cm x 6.6675 cm x .9525 cm