 Malmstrom obstetrical vacuum extractor, Swedish, 1979.
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Picture Number:10412928
Credit:Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
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Description:
This instrument was used to help deliver babies, in place of forceps. It is a type designed by the Swede T Malmstrom in the 1950s and was manufactured by AB Vacuum Extractor in Sweden. In 1849 Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870) successfully used a suction cup attached to the baby's head to aid delivery, and this is the idea that Malmstrom revived one hundred years later.
Object Number: 1980-58
Date Made: 1979
Maker: AB Vacuum Extractor
Place of Production: Gothenburg
In Collection of: Science Museum
Subject(s) > Medicine & Health > Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
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