Obstetrical Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: Obstetrical forceps with a “TIEMANN & CO.” inscription and an ebony handle. While Tiemann referred to this as a Mathews type forceps, the form actually originated with James Mathews Duncan (1826–1890), an assistant to the Scottish obstetrician, Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870). According to one account, Duncan “modified Simpson’s forceps by making the handles shorter and covering them with checquered wood. The shoulders near the articulation in Simpson’s forceps were also omitted.”
label: Description
content: Ref: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 106.
label: Description
content: Kedarnath Das, Obstetric Forceps: Its History and Evolution (Calcutta, 1929), p. 393.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: associated place
content: United States: Wisconsin, West Allis
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.316358.17
label: catalog number
content: 316358.17
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps; Delivery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm x 7.5 cm x 41.6 cm; 3 1/4 in x 2 15/16 in x 16 3/8 in