Heavy working arm for right above elbow amputation

Made:
circa 1940
Heavy working arm for right above elbow amputation Heavy working arm for right above elbow amputation

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Heavy working arm for right above elbow amputation
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Heavy working arm for right above elbow amputation
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Heavy working arm for right above elbow amputation. Blocked leather socket with a metal dome end and short forearm stem with a spline fitting. Full length, detachable, metal forearm section with a wooden hand. Made c.1940.

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Object Number:
1999-550
type:
prosthetic arm
credit:
Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust