Obstetrical Forceps
name: label: maker
content: Hernstein, Albert L.
notes: label: Description
content: Herman Hernstein (b. 1817) was a German surgical instrument maker who opened his own shop in New York in 1843. Albert L. Herstein took charge of his father’s business in 1867, apparently making some instruments and importing many more. The inscription on these obstetrical forceps reads “A. L. HERNSTEIN.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of 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.302606.361
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.361
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
label: Object Name
content: forceps
label: Object Name
content: surgical instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3 cm x 7.3 cm x 29.8 cm; 1 3/16 in x 2 7/8 in x 11 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 11 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 30.1625 cm x 5.715 cm