Smellie-style obstetrical forceps with wooden handles, circa 1850s

Item Info

Title:
Smellie-style obstetrical forceps with wooden handles, circa 1850s
Date:
1950s
Format:
Digital Collection:
History of Medicine Artifacts
Source Collection:
History of Medicine artifacts collection, 1550-2000s
Series:
George D. Wilbanks Collection Artifacts, approximately 1750-1952
Provenance:
The History of Medicine artifacts collection were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a transfer in 2011.
Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
Identifier:
  • hwilba0038
  • ref990_jxy
  • homartifacts
  • duke:308649
  • homst54038
  • ark:/87924/r4qj78725
  • f6853412-1bc8-49cd-92fe-9cac8ec5a19c
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4qj78725
Sponsor:
Adopted by Harsha Murthy T'81 in memory of M.S.N. Murthy, M.D.