Obstetrical Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: The “GEMRIG / PHILA” inscription on these obstetrical forceps is that of Jacob Gemrig, a German-born cutler who emigrated to the United States ca. 1830 and settled in Philadelphia. The moderately curved form was associated with Hugh Lenox Hodge (1796-1873), the professor of obstetrics at the University of Pennsylvania.
label: Description
content: Ref: Hugh Lenox Hodge, The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics (Philadelphia, 1864).
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 103.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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.302606.151
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 40.5 cm x 10 cm x 9.8 cm; 15 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 3 7/8 in