FRONTIER OBSTETRIC CASE

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Title

FRONTIER OBSTETRIC CASE

Subject

MISCELLANEOUS
DOCTOR'S BAG

Description

Leather. Contents listed on HMS card but probably displayed in one of the cases. 

Includes: 

  • Forceps (interlocking for living child)
  • Saw for symphysis splitting (symphysiotomy) 
  • Fenestrated lever type instrument 
  • CROCHET HOOK + finger attachment handle - near to extract dead fetal head. 
  • URETHRAL DILATOR 
  • Sterilizing instrument 
  • GRASPING FORCEPS for tissue (placental removal)

Engraved on lock: H.S. FULLER. 

Identifier

BK339: (11/2)

Collection

Citation

“FRONTIER OBSTETRIC CASE,” Hartford Medical Society Archives, accessed May 14, 2024, https://hartfordmedicalsociety.omeka.net/items/show/383.

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