Obstetrical Forceps
date: label: associated dates
content: 1975 10 16 / 1975 10 16
notes: label: Description
content: This form of obstetrical forceps is associated with Hermann Franz Naegele (1778-1851), a German obstetrician whose work was well known in the United States. This stainless steel example was probably made in Japan.
label: Description
content: Ref: Hermann Franz Naegele, Lehrbuch der Geburtshulfe (Mainz, 1863).
label: Description
content: George Tiemann & Co., Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 105
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Wisconsin, West Allis
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.316358.45
label: catalog number
content: 316358.45
label: accession number
content: 316358
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
label: Object Name
content: obstetrical forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps; Delivery Instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, stainless steele (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8 cm x 7 cm x 35.5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 14 in