Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: This type of forceps was associated with James Haig Ferguson (1862-1934), a prominent Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist.
label: Description
content: Ref: J. Haig Ferguson, “A Simple and Improved Modification of the Midwifery Forceps,” Edinburgh Medical Journal 33 (1926): 78-92.
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: 1977.0808.063
label: accession number
content: 1977.0808
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0808.063
objectType: label: Object Name
content: forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 17 cm x .3 cm; 2 3/4 in x 6 11/16 in x 1/8 in