Artificial left arm, Scotland, 1937

Made:: 1937 in Scotland

Prosthetic left arm, 1937. General view, brown background.

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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

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A500475

Materials:: leather, aluminium and hand, empire cloth

type:: artificial arm

credit:: Aberdeen Hospital

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