Obstetrical Forceps (replica)
notes: label: Description
content: The Chamberlen family were French Huguenots who fled to England in 1569, bringing with them a secret device for delivering babies even during difficult labors. That device would, in time, be known as a forceps. Four pair of Chamberlen forceps and several other instruments were found in 1813, under a trapdoor in an attic in Woodham Mortimer Hall, a house in Essex once owned by the Chamberlens. These were, in time, given gifted to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
label: Description
content: This replica of a Chamberlen forceps is made of aluminum.
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: 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.302606.096
label: catalog number
content: 302606.096
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps, replica
label: Object Name
content: forceps, obstetrical, replica
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 6 in x 12 in; 5.715 cm x 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm