M0012277: Illustration of Corning's obstetrical forceps

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Obstetrical forceps of Corning, axis traction, 1880?

Photograph of an engraving of obstetrical forceps designed by Corning in 1880, reproduced from George Tiemann & Co.: The American armamentarium chirurgicum, New York, 1879, p.526. Related images: M0012276

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a copy of the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

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.

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