Doctor's obstetrical bag, late 19th-early 20th century

Containers:
Artifact-box 73, Item hlinda0011
Scope and content:

Leather bag (damaged). Contents include: four empty glass stoppered bottles, blunt hook and crochet, canula, Sims' speculum with duck bill blades, Brinkerhoff anal speculum, rectal dilators, hypodermic kit in leather box, stethoscope and blood pressure cuff. Items have individual records; see above.

Acquisition information:
Received from: Dr. Wallace W. Lindahl, MD

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