M0019952EA: French obstetrical forceps by Dumay, c.1850

Previous title, replaced July 2022: French obstetrical forceps, circa 1850

Photograph of a pair of obstetrical forceps made by Dumay, Paris, resembling the Pean version of the Levret forceps. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1915 (accession number R1411). Related images: M0019952EB

September-December 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R1411

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.