Prosthesis, leg

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OBJECT TYPE: adult/left leg/below knee
DATE: 1880
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0877.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: artificial leg
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood (including willow], metal, leather [including rawhide] and fabric [including canvas] components.

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: 13.5 cm
Height: 15.0 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: Unknown
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This artificial leg used 1880 - 1885.
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 below-knee amputee.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "X934.25" printed by hand in white ink on inside on metal side support. "1" and "6" [or "9"] stamped into side supports.
Missing: Laces on front and back are damaged: some sections may be missing.
Finish: Willow wood bucket covered by rawhide [unconfirmed]; wood appears covered by thin coating of plaster, painted pale pink/flesh tone; brown leather thigh corset adjusted by leather laces; silver metal side bars [possibly chrome plated]; light brown leather sole pads underside of foot; khaki coloured woven fabric strap with metal eyelets aids in positioning and securing limb to thigh corset.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Prosthesis, leg, 1880, Artifact no. 2002.0877, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0877.001/

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