Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow amputation

Made:
pre-1948
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Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Home-made leather arm for a man with a right above elbow amputation. A long plain hook has been screwed into a U-shaped metal strut which is attached to the socket and affords some reinforcement. Origin unknown, made pre National Health Service 1948.

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Object Number:
1999-551
type:
prosthetic arm
credit:
Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust