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Model of forceps delivery
This obstetrical wax model shows forceps being used to disengage the head of a fetus in cephalic presentation. The head is grasped transversally (above the ears) with the forceps when it has descended into the inferior strait and the occiput has rotated forward, under the pubis. The model was commissioned [...]
Creator
- Giuseppe Ferrini and/or Clemente Susini [attr.]
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- medicine (discipline)
Type of item
- Forceps
- Delivery (parturition), model of
- scientific instruments
- manikins (teaching aids)
Medium
- wax
- Wax
- wax
Creator
- Giuseppe Ferrini and/or Clemente Susini [attr.]
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- medicine (discipline)
Type of item
- Forceps
- Delivery (parturition), model of
- scientific instruments
- manikins (teaching aids)
Medium
- wax
- Wax
- wax
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- after 1771
- 1771
- 1771
Places
- Florence
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:418043
Extent
- 450x330x630 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/ClementeSusini.html
Year
- 1771
Providing country
- Italy