Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: This type of solid blade forceps was associated with James Woods McLane (1839-1912), professor of obstetrics and the diseases of women at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. This example has a “TIEMANN” inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 106.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.316358.25
label: catalog number
content: 316358.25
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, McLane
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, McLane; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 15 3/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 8.5725 cm x 40.005 cm