Artificial arms, Roehampton, England, 1957-1967

Pair of light-weight arms for a young child with congenital Pair of light-weight arms for a young child with congenital

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Pair of light-weight arms for a young child with congenital
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Pair of light-weight arms for a young child with congenital
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Pair of light-weight arms for a young child with congenital bilateral above elbow stumps. Plastic sockets with friction elbow units, allowing rotation and elbow flexion. These movements may be freed or locked by loosening or tightening the side screw. A pair of dolls hands have been attached. Made by Steeper c.1962.

A young child with no lower arms used this pair of lightweight arms. It consists of plastic sockets attached to rotating and flexing elbow units. These are freed or locked by loosening or tightening a side screw. A pair of dolls hands is also attached.

Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton, Surrey, is part of the NHS Trust who donated this prosthesis. The hospital was established as a specialist centre for fitting prosthetic limbs during the First World War. It is still an important centre for limb manufacture and fitting. It was made by artificial limb manufacturing company Steeper during the early 1960s.

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Object Number:
1999-567
Materials:
plastic, metal, textile and fibreglass
Measurements:
overall: 310 mm x 230 mm x 90 mm, .35kg
type:
artificial arm
credit:
Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust