Prosthesis, leg

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OBJECT TYPE: adult/right leg/above knee
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0876.001

MANUFACTURER: Authors, Cox & Hanger Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: artificial leg
Patents: N/A
General Description: probably willow wood form, highly polished; silver metal fittings at knee and on underside of foot; round leather straps secure leg to .2 braces, and control knee movement; underside of heel and foot ball & toe are covered with dark brown leather; wood post reinforces knee joint and joins thigh to lower leg.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 83.0 cm
Width: 21.0 cm
Height: 17.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Assistive technologies
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Authors
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used c. 1920s; possibly also used later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Served as functional imitation limb for above-knee amputee.
Technical: Features articulated knee, with pulley-like arrangement using leather straps running inside leg to control knee movement.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "985.19" printed by hand in white ink on inside upper edge of leg.
Missing: Leather loop missing from rear left of leg.
Finish: probably willow wood form, highly polished; silver metal fittings at knee and on underside of foot; round leather straps secure leg to .2 braces, and control knee movement; underside of heel and foot ball & toe are covered with dark brown leather; wood post reinforces knee joint and joins thigh to lower leg.
Decoration: N/A

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Authors, Cox & Hanger Ltd., Prosthesis, leg, 1920, Artifact no. 2002.0876, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0876.001/

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