Cranioclast
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description
content: A cranioclast is designed to crush the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult cases. James Young Simpson (1811-1870), the eminent Scottish obstetrician who introduced an obstetrical forceps and introduced the use of ether in childbirth, promoted the form. This type of cranioclast was associated with the Viennese obstetrician, Carl (or Karl) Braun (1822-1891).
label: Description
content: Ref: J. Y. Simpson, Clinical Lectures on Diseases of Women (Philadelphia, 1863), pp. 408-423
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.316358.69
label: catalog number
content: 316358.69
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Braun's
label: Object Name
content: cranioclast
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Braun's; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 5/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 2 in; 44.7675 cm x 14.9225 cm x 5.08 cm