Set of three wooden splints

Made:
1870-1910

Set of three wooden splints, for leg or thigh, likely English, 1870-1910

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A97391
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
largest: length 1420 mm
medium: length 1215 mm
shortest: length 1064 mm
maximum: width 73 mm
minimum: width 66 mm
type:
splints
credit:
Murdoch, D.M.

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