144 Description of an Obstetrical Forceps. 



The Turtle-Dove (Columba Carolinensis) is never, I 

 have reason to believe, far off; for I have seen them, 

 frequently, in a mild winter, in every month. 



" January 22d. The mercury was at 7 degrees 

 above 0, this morning." 



XXIII. Description of the Obstetrical Forceps of Jo- 

 han Daniel Herholdt, M. D., Professor of 

 Surgery in -the University of Copenhagen, in Den- 

 mark. Drawn up, and communicated to the Edi- 

 tor, by Frederick Detlef Meyer, M. D. 



THE advantages which the Smellian Forceps 

 presents to the operator, consist, principally, in the 

 two following circumstances : 



First : in the facility with which the two branches 

 of the instrument are joined at the lock, and 



Secondly : in the form and structure of its handle. 



The forceps of Mr. Levret is furnished with larger 

 spoons, which are better adapted to the incurvature 

 of the canalis genitalis: but the lock and handle of 

 the French practitioner's instrument render the opera- 

 tion, by means of it, more difficult and fatiguing to the 

 accoucheur. 



