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Obstetrical Forceps

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Obstetrics - Apparatus and instruments

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  • Litterärische und kritische Geschichte der Zangen und Hebel in der Geburtshülfe / Johann Mulders; Aus dem Lateinischen übersezt und mit einigen Anmerkungen versehen von Johann Willhelm [sic] Schlegel.
  • Nine diagrams illustrating breech and natural births and the obstetrical instruments used to assist them. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Five diagrams illustrating the birth of a child with the use of forceps. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Litterärische und kritische Geschichte der Zangen und Hebel in der Geburtshülfe / Johann Mulders; Aus dem Lateinischen übersezt und mit einigen Anmerkungen versehen von Johann Willhelm [sic] Schlegel.
  • Litterärische und kritische Geschichte der Zangen und Hebel in der Geburtshülfe / Johann Mulders; Aus dem Lateinischen übersezt und mit einigen Anmerkungen versehen von Johann Willhelm [sic] Schlegel.
  • Obstetric forceps : its history and evolution / by Kedarnath Das.
  • Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • M0017669: Illustration of a midwife holding a newborn baby by the head with forceps, 1887
  • Ten diagrams illustrating various methods of delivering a baby using forceps. Etching, 1791.
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Works from the collections

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    M0008266: Obstetrical forceps, 18th and 19th century

    | Date: October 1941 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/71/97
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books
    • Online

    On axis-traction forceps / by Alexander Russell Simpson.

    | Date: 1880
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    • Online

    A treatise on the employment of certain methods of friction and inhalation in consumption, asthma and other maladies / by John Pocock Holmes.

    Holmes, John Pocock. | Date: 1837
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    Description de deux nouveaux forceps / par S. Tarnier.

    Tarnier, S. (Stéphane), 1828-1897. | Date: 1877
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    • Online

    M0001489: Obstetrical forceps, type designed by Charles Pajot (1816-1896) in 1839

    | Date: 01 January 1931 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/89
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Related topics

Delivery (Obstetrics)
Surgical Instruments
Obstetrics
Childbirth
Delivery (Obstetrics)
Obstetrics
Pregnancy, Animal
Uterus, Pregnant
Chamberlain family
Gynecologic pathology

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