Fibre-cone peg leg for left above-knee amputee

Made:
circa 1915
A fibre-cone peg leg for left above knee amputee

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A fibre-cone peg leg for left above knee amputee
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A fibre-cone peg leg for left above knee amputee. Designed by Major Lightfoot during the 1914-18 War. Note the very wide thick suspension strap. This is an army belt which the patient must have fitted sometime after wearing the pylon. N.B. these were normally jointed at the knee. This one has had the outer steel replaced by a non-jointed one. (Weight: 8.25 lbs 3.7 kg).

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Object Number:
1999-420
Measurements:
overall: 3.7kg
type:
prosthetic leg
credit:
Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust