Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1913
notes: label: Description
content: William C. Neville, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Dublin, Ireland, introduced this type of axis traction forceps in 1886.
label: Description
content: Ref: William C. Neville, “Axis Traction in Instrumental Delivery, with Description of a New and Simple Axis-Traction Forceps,” Dublin Journal of Medical Science 81 (1886): 97–109, 295–.
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.316358.54
label: catalog number
content: 316358.54
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Neville's
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Neville's; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 15 in; 6.985 cm x 8.255 cm x 38.1 cm