Obstetrical Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: The form of these forceps was associated with Gunning S. Bedford (1806-1870), an American medical writer and teacher. The handle of this example is ebony.
label: Description
content: Ref. Gunning S. Bedford, The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics (New York, 1863), pp. 578-579.
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 105.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
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.316358.81
label: catalog number
content: 316358.81
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Bedford's
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Bedford's; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/16 in x 15 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 7.77875 cm x 38.735 cm