Obstetrical Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: William B. DeWees, a physician in Salinas, Ks., described this type of axis traction forceps in 1892.
label: Description
content: Ref: William B. DeWees, “New Axis Traction Forceps,” Journal of the American Medical Association 19 (1892): 32-33.
label: Description
content: William B. DeWees, “New Axis Traction Forceps,” [University of Pennsylvania] University Medical Magazine 5 (1892-1893): 13-16.
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.316358.58
label: catalog number
content: 316358.58
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Dewey
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Dewey; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 14 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 14.2875 cm x 36.195 cm