Murless Head Extractor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1948
notes: label: Description
content: In 1948, Bryan Charles Murless (1908-1987), a British obstetrician and gynecologist who was then working in Durban, South Africa, described a new extractor to help with the delivery of an impacted fetal head. This instrument is of that sort.
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: 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.316358.63
label: catalog number
content: 316358.63
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Extractor, Head, Murless
label: Object Name
content: extractor, obstetrical
label: Other Terms
content: Extractor, Head, Murless; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 10 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 26.035 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 16.51 cm x 22.225 cm