Description of an Obstetrical Forceps. 145 



Fried* invented a forceps, which may be said to 

 be compounded of the two just mentioned. Its 

 spoons are formed after the model of those of Levret; 

 while the lock and handle are similar to those of 

 Smellie's forceps. 



This instrument seemed, now, to have attained its 

 highest degree of perfection : but the improvements 

 made upon it by the active and experienced Her- 

 holdtf are still of great practical value. 



The annexed plate (see Plate II) exhibits a correct 

 representation of the Herholdtian Forceps. 



* George Albrecht Fried was a celebrated German obstetrical 

 practitioner, who seems to have inherited, from his father, a genius 

 for his profession. His Jnfangsgriinde der Geburtshulfe, published 

 at Strasburg, in 1769, is said to be a work of merit. In this 

 work, he gives it as his opinion, that vitiated or difficult la- 

 bours are frequently owing to the oblique position of the uterus. 

 He was much attached to instrumental delivery, being of opinion, 

 that it is necessary to have recourse to the use of the forceps, in 

 every case in which the diameter of the foetal head is greater than 

 the diameter of the pelvis. Editor. 



t Dr. Herholdt is still (or lately was) living, and enjoys, among 

 his countrymen, a large share of reputation, both as a practical 

 and philosophical physician. He is the author of a number of 

 works or essays, of considerable merit, one of which is well known 

 to me : viz. his Comnwntatio de Vita in firimis foetus Humani ejus- 

 que Morte sub Partu. Havnix : 1802. This is, truly, a classical 

 work of its kind, discovering abundant proofs of a genius well 

 fitted for original observation, and of that extensive reading, with- 

 out which great improvements are rarely made, in any of th« 

 branches of medical science. Editok. 



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