Forceps, obstetrical

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OBJECT TYPE: OBS-GYN/midwifery/axis-traction/curved/slotted/Barnes-Neville
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0911.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 216
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bright silver metal: probably nickel-plated steel.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 39.0 cm
Width: 8.0 cm
Height: 3.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This style of forceps popular in 1920; possibly also earlier/later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: To assist in the delivery of a baby by turning and/or pulling the child while still in the birth canal.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "216" stamped into underside of handle. UHN catalogue no. "X981.7a" printed by hand in black ink, also on underside of handle.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Bright silver metal: probably nickel-plated steel.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Forceps, obstetrical, circa 1930, Artifact no. 2002.0911, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0911.002/

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