Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1911
notes: label: Description
content: Clinton Beecham Knapp (1873-1915), a New York physician, demonstrated a pair of action traction forceps to the Sloane Maternity Hospital in 1911. This example is of that sort.
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.316358.60
label: catalog number
content: 316358.60
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Knapps Axis
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Knapps Axis; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 7 in x 15 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 17.78 cm x 39.37 cm