Catalog number: O-7

Object type: Blunt Hook

Manufacturer: Tiemann, New York

Date: 19th cent.?

Description: Blunt hook used in obstructed labor and possibly the removal of tumor; the rounded hook end looks like a possible decapitating hook; handle made of wood (brown mahogany?); measures 31 x 7 x 1 cm.

Engraved: Tiemann.

Provenance: Herbert Thoms, M.D.