Obstetric Hook
notes: label: Description
content: Braun’s obstetric hook, aka decapitation hook, was devised Carl Rudolph Braun (1823-1891), a prominent Austrian gynecologist. This example has a wooden handle.
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: Gift of 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.302606.127
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hook
label: Object Name
content: hook, obstetrical
label: Other Terms
content: Hook; Delivery Instruments; Blunt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 31.3 cm x 11.2 cm x 3.7 cm; 12 5/16 in x 4 7/16 in x 1 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 12 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 3.4925 cm x 32.0675 cm x 11.43 cm