M0001486: Obstetrical forceps, type thought to have been designed by the Chamberlen family in the 1600s

Date:: 01 January 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/13/86

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0001399-M0001501WT/D/1/20/1/13
        M0001486: Obstetrical forceps, type thought to have been designed by the Chamberlen family in the 1600sWT/D/1/20/1/13/86

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M0001486: Obstetrical forceps, type thought to have been designed by the Chamberlen family in the 1600s. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Obstetric forceps, Chamberlens 1580

Description

Black and white photograph of a pair of obstetrical forceps, type thought to have been designed by the Chamberlen family, possibly in 1680. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

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.

Terms of use

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