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Hewitt's obstetrical forceps
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Dates
1870
1910
circa 1870-1910
Collection
University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Obstetrics
Accession Number
1969.55.7 a-b
Description
Short steel obstetrical forceps with "English lock" joint; black wooden handle with fine crosshatch pattern.
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Accession Number
1969.55.7 a-b
Collection
University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Obstetrics
MeSH Heading
Extraction, Obstetrical -- instrumentation
MM= Delivery -- obstetrical forceps
Description
Short steel obstetrical forceps with "English lock" joint; black wooden handle with fine crosshatch pattern.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - forcep - Size: Length 29.5 cm x Width 1.6 cm
b - forcep - Size: Length 29.5 cm x Width 1.6 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. Harold DeWitt Ball.
Maker
W. & H. Hutchinson
Site Made (City)
Sheffield
Site Made (Country)
England
Dates
1870
1910
circa 1870-1910
Material
metal: grey
wood: black
Inscriptions
"W & H // HUTCHINSON // SHEFFIELD" on inside of right handle.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D7-2
Copy Type
Original
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