M0001487: Short straight obstetrical forceps, type designed by William Smellie (1697-1763), Scottish obstetrician, approximately 1746

Date:: 01 January 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/13/87

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0001399-M0001501WT/D/1/20/1/13
        M0001487: Short straight obstetrical forceps, type designed by William Smellie (1697-1763), Scottish obstetrician, approximately 1746WT/D/1/20/1/13/87

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M0001487: Short straight obstetrical forceps, type designed by William Smellie (1697-1763), Scottish obstetrician, approximately 1746. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Smellie's obstetrical forceps, short straight, 1746

Description

Black and white photograph of a pair of short straight obstetrical forceps with leather covered blades, type designed by William Smellie (1697-1763), Scottish man-midwife, around 1746. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection. The forceps are now held by the Science Museum (object number: A615833).

Publication/Creation

01 January 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Notes

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 2020.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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