M0001483: Obstetrical forceps or 'retroceps' from 1867, type designed by L. Hamon around 1864

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Obstetric forceps, Hamons 1867

Black and white photograph of a pair of obstetrical forceps from 1867, type designed by L. Hamon around 1864. This type of forceps is also known as ‘retroceps’. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

01 January 1931

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

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 2020.

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