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

More Information


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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