Obstetrical Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: Obstetrical forceps with an ebony handle and a "W. F. FORD" inscription. While Tiemann referred to this as a Mathews type forceps, the form actually originated with James Mathews Duncan (1826–1890), a private assistant to the eminent Scottish obstetrician, Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870). According to one account, Duncan “modified Simpson’s forceps by making the handles shorter and covering them with checquered wood. The shoulders near the articulation in Simpson’s forceps were also omitted.” William Fraser Ford (1820-1897) was a surgical instrument maker from England who worked in New York City.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 106.
label: Description
content: Kedarnath Das, Obstetric Forceps: Its History and Evolution (Calcutta, 1929), p. 393.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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.316358.29
label: catalog number
content: 316358.29
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Elliot
label: Object Name
content: forceps, obstetrical
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Elliot; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 16 in x 3 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 40.64 cm x 8.255 cm