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Model of forceps delivery
This obstetrical wax model represents the application of forceps in a breech birth. In this situation, with the placenta in anterior fundal position, the forceps are applied with the blades below the trunk of the fetus, along the transverse diameter of the pelvis, in order to raise the trunk and disengage [...]
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:418055
Extent
- 360x400x520 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/ClementeSusini.html
Year
- 1771
Providing country
- Italy