Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description
content: This form of action traction forceps was devised by Robert Milne-Murray (1855-1904), a physician at the Royal Maternity and the Simpson Memorial Pavilion in Edinburgh.
label: Description
content: Ref: Robert Milne-Murray, The Action Traction Forceps (1891).
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.316358.56
label: catalog number
content: 316358.56
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Milne Murray Axis Traction
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, Obstetrical, Milne Murray Axis Traction; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 15 3/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 6.985 cm x 39.0525 cm