Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: Surgical forceps with an “AUTENRIETH” inscription. William Autenrieth (1837-1921) was born in Stuttgart, came with his family to the United States in 1849, and trained with Max Wocher, a surgical instrument maker in Cincinnati. Opening his own shop in Cincinnati in 1869, Autenrieth offered surgical and dental instruments, and artificial legs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. George E. and Leora M. Osler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0858.01.36
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0858.01.36
label: accession number
content: 1991.0858
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
label: Object Name
content: forceps
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps; Grasping and Fixating Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 14 cm x .9 cm x .7 cm; 5 1/2 in x 3/8 in x 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 13.97 cm x .9525 cm