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Type of Object

Hook

Date of Manufacture

1920-1930

Physical Details

Double-ended, stainless steel placenta hook. Instrument has a single shaft with two fenestrated hooks, one on either end, and has a slight curve in the middle.

Dimensions

0.4 cm. x 1.6 cm. x 24.3 cm.

Medical Subject

Delivery, Obstetric -- instrumentation

Accession Number

1989.6.6

Genre

medical equipment

Local Genre

medical artifact

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

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Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Medical Artifacts Collection

Source

Original object: Placenta Hook, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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