| Reference Number | MIMM/2017-5/60 |
| Title | Sims' Speculum |
| Date | 1900-1949 |
| Description | This item is a vaginal speculum of the Sims' type.
It is made of metal, nickel plated, and consists of a slightly curved handle and double duck-bill, one smaller than the other.
Slight corrosion present.
It was designed by the American physician James Marion Sims in the late 1840s, while studying [on enslaved black women] how to repair vesicovaginal fistulas.
It is still used during gynaecological surgeries for examining the vagina and cervix. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 177mm x 98mm x 38mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Vaginal Speculum |
| Term | Speculum |
| Obstetrics -- instrumentation |
| Gynaecology -- instrumentation |