Left above knee prosthesis with heavily padded socket and leather suspension straps through housed rollers
- Made:
- circa 1915
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Left above knee prosthesis with heavily padded socket and leather suspension straps through housed rollers, set either side of the socket - a form of Moore's outside knee control. Semi-automatic knee locking mechanism on the outer side of the thigh with a ring at the upper end of the lever. Felt fore-foot with fashioned toes. Made in Japan during 1914-18 war. Weight: 8.25 lbs 3.7 kg.
Details
- Category:
- Orthopaedics
- Object Number:
- 1999-433
- Measurements:
-
overall: 3.7 kg
- type:
- prosthetic leg
- credit:
- Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust
