Catalog number: O-23

Object type: Lowder's forceps

Manufacturer:

Date: 1782

Description: Forceps with wooden and metal handles. Thoms' label reads "Lowder 1782." Measures 20 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 cm. William Lowder (d. 1801) lectured at Guy's Hospital and St. Thomas's Hospital in London. See Hibbard, Obstetrician's Armamentarium, p. 47.

Engraved: no identifying marks.

Provenance: Herbert Thoms, M.D.