Ritgen Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: This form of obstetrical forceps was associated with Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen (1787-1867), professor of surgery and obstetrics at the University of Giessen. The handle is wood.
label: Description
content: Ref: Wm. Tyler Smith, A Course of Lectures on Obstetrics (New York, 18??), pp. 700-701; illustration of an example made by Tiemann.
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: 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.316358.26
label: catalog number
content: 316358.26
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Ritgen's
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Ritgen's; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 18 5/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 9.525 cm x 47.3075 cm