Obstetrical Forceps
name: label: maker
content: George Tiemann and Company
notes: label: Description
content: William Thompson Lusk (1838-1897), professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City, was an early American proponent of the Tarnier action traction forceps. This example incorporated some modifications suggested by Lusk. And it has a “TIEMANN” inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: W. T. Lusk, “A Modification of the Tarnier Forceps,” American Journal of Obstetrics (April, 1880): 372.
label: Description
content: “Dr. William T. Lusk of New York,” Medical News 70 (1897): 837.
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: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.086
label: catalog number
content: 302606.086
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Object Name
content: forceps, obstetrical
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 3 in x 17 in; 6.6675 cm x 7.62 cm x 43.18 cm