Malmstrom obstetrical vacuum extractor, Swedish, 1979.
Image number: 10412928
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 the British obstetrician, 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.
- Image number:
- 10412928
- Credit:
- Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
- Date taken:
- 29 October 2003 12:17
- Image rights:
- Science Museum
