M0012275: Illustration of Knox's obstetrical forceps

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Obstetrical forceps of Knox, 1895?

Photograph of an engraving of obstetrical forceps designed by Knox in 1895, reproduced from Truax, Charles: The mechanics of surgery (1899) / Charles Truax ; with an introduction on Truax and the development of the American surgical industry by James M. Edmonson, San Francisco : Norman, 1988.

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.