Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: Small metal forceps with three locking ridges. Flat, cross-serrated edges measure 1.5 inches, and there is a screw joint. These forceps were part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Surgical instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Midwife Kit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0128.21
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.21
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: forceps, small
label: Object Name
content: forceps
label: Object Name
content: midwife's kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; .635 cm x 13.335 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 6.5 cm x .75 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 9/16 in x 9/32 in