Maier's Polypus Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: Kny-Scheerer
notes: label: Description
content: Maier's straight polypus forceps, with catch, and cross-serrated grip measuring 3 centimeters, with a smooth oval interior. Above the screw in the hinge is the KNY-Scheerer Corporation trademark that depicts a Caduceus (professional medical symbol) with a snake in the shape of an S curled around it and a crown above. This instrument is nickel plated and was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgical instruments
label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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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: 2012.0128.18
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.18
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: forceps
label: Object Name
content: midwife's kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; .635 cm x 26.67 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.5 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm; 10 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 13/32 in