Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: This type of pedicile clamp, or forceps, was introduced in 1879, and associated with Thomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897), a professor of surgery, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and surgeon who specialized in ophthalmics and obstetrics. This example was made in Germany, and sold in the United States by Kny-Scheerer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donated by St. Louis Medical Society through Harry O. Cole & Gordon R. Garrett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0808.041
label: accession number
content: 1977.0808
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0808.041
objectType: label: Object Name
content: forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 7.9375 cm x 2.2225 cm