M0019953EA: French obstetrical forceps, late 18th- early 19th century

Previous title, replaced July 2022: French obstetrical forceps, late 18thC - early 19thC

Photograph of a pair of French obstetrical forceps of the type introduced by Antoine Dubois in 1791. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1915 (accession number R1396). Related images: M0019953EB

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: R1396

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.