IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Hodge type forceps was devised by ...

This essay is an inquiry into the socio-cultural history of the use of forceps in 19th-century Mexico. It argues that the knowledge and practices that the use of such instruments implied were related ...

Twenty-nine years after he developed a type of obstetric forceps, an instrument to perform assisted vaginal births, Kochi-based Dr VP Paily is working hard to train young gynecologists to revive the ...

Imagine if the public discovered that a small group of surgeons had invented something—a device that could save the lives of women and babies—but had kept this device a closely guarded secret for more ...

BACKGROUND: Increased use of operative vaginal delivery (use of forceps, vacuum or other device) has been recommended to address high rates of cesarean delivery. We sought to determine the association ...

A STUDENT has revolutionised a traditional piece of obstetric equipment which could save the lives of mothers and babies. A STUDENT has revolutionised a traditional piece of obstetric equipment which ...

Trauma to both mother and baby during vaginal deliveries, especially forceps deliveries, has increased in Canada in recent years, according to a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...

For years, doctors have been looking for ways to reduce the rate of cesarean section deliveries, as they can pose higher risks to mothers and babies. But the narrow focus on C-sections may have ...