Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1881
notes: label: Description
content: William Thompson Lusk (1838-1897), professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City, was an early American proponent of the Tarnier action traction forceps. This example incorporated some modifications suggested by Lusk.
label: Description
content: Ref: W. T. Lusk, “A Modification of the Tarnier Forceps,” American Journal of Obstetrics (April, 1880): 372.
label: Description
content: “Dr. William T. Lusk of New York,” Medical News 70 (1897): 837.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.316358.57
label: catalog number
content: 316358.57
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Axis Traction
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Axis Traction; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: big forceps: 16 7/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 42.8625 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: smaller object: 6 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 13.97 cm x 4.445 cm