Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1928
notes: label: Description
content: Lyman Guy Barton (1866-1944), a physician in Plattsburgh, N.Y., introduced this type of obstetrical forceps in the 1920s.
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.316358.40
label: catalog number
content: 316358.40
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Baston
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Baston; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 10 in x 14 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 25.4 cm x 37.465 cm