Obstetrical Forceps
name: label: Associated Name
content: Fenton, Joseph
label: maker
content: Fenton, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Obstetrical forceps with a wooden handle and a "J. FENTON” inscription. Joseph Fenton (ca. 1815-1883) was born in England and emigrated to the United States in the 1840s. By 1848, he was in Cleveland, Ohio, advertising as a manufacturer of surgical and dental instruments.
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: 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.302606.068
label: catalog number
content: 302606.068
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Object Name
content: forceps, obstetrical
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 in x 13 5/8 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x 34.6075 cm