Maier's Curved Forceps
name: label: maker
content: Willms
notes: label: Description
content: Curved forceps of this sort were associated with F(rederick) Hurst Maier (1871-1946), a gynecologist and surgeon in Philadelphia. The form was known by 1901. This example was made by Willms in Baltimore.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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.302606.023
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14152
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps; Grasping and Fixating; Polypus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 29.6 cm x 5.5 cm x 1.7 cm; 11 5/8 in x 2 3/16 in x 11/16 in