Artifcial left arm, United States, 1915
- Made:
- 1915 in Kansas City
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1999-528: Left above elbow prosthesis with a wooden socket connected to a wooden forearm. Metal mechanical hand with
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Left above elbow prosthesis with a wooden socket connected to a wooden forearm. Metal mechanical hand with passive flexion and extension of the wrist. Elbow flexion is combined with pronation / supination of the wrist. Made by Carnes Arm Company, United States of America 1915.
Artificial arm for an above-elbow amputee, made by the Carnes Artificial Limb Company of Kansas City, United States, c.1915.and imported into England during World War I . An innovative feature of the arm is the mechanism which enabled the palm of the metal hand, attached to a wooden forearm and socket, to turn upwards as the elbow was flexed.
Details
- Category:
- Orthopaedics
- Object Number:
- 1999-528
- Measurements:
-
overall: 110 mm x 312 mm x 482 mm,
- type:
- artificial arm
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- prosthesis
- artificial limb
- credit:
- Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust
