Cranioclast
notes: label: Description
content: A cranioclast is designed to crush the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult cases. An inscription on this example reads “THUERRIGL / IN WIEN.” The handles are bakelite. The form of was associated with the English obstetrician, Robert Barnes (1817-1907).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.328
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.328
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cranioclast
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic, bakelite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 47.2 cm x 16 cm x 2.5 cm; 18 9/16 in x 6 5/16 in x in