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Prosthetic left arm, 1937. General view, brown background.
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Artificial left arm, leather and aluminium, from the Aberdeen Hospital, dated 8th August 1937
Artificial left arm for an above-elbow amputee, made from wood and aluminium, with a leather socket and certalmid hand. The elbow can be locked into a number of positions and the hnd is removable. Supplied by The Aberdeen Hospital, Scotland, and dated 8th August 1937.
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- Category:
- Orthopaedics
- Object Number:
- A500475
- Materials:
- aluminium, hand, empire cloth and leather
- type:
- artificial arm
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- prosthesis
- artificial limb
- credit:
- Aberdeen Hospital
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