Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1915
name: label: maker
content: Willms
notes: label: Description
content: The “WILLMS S. I. CO.” inscription on these obstetrical forceps is that of a surgical instrument firm established in Baltimore in 1871 by Charles and John Peter Willms, recent immigrants from Germany.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
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.316358.05
label: catalog number
content: 316358.05
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Outlet
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Outlet; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 3 in x 11 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 7.62 cm x 28.575 cm