Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

Made:
circa 1920 in England
maker:
Hugh Steeper
Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

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Wooden hand with rigid fingers and semi-opposed tenon thumb. Certalmid wrist section. Made by Steeper, c.1920.

This artificial hand is made from a combination of wood (hand) and certalmid, a lightweight material consisting of muslin, celluloid and certus glue (wrist portion). Certalmid was one of several innovations developed during the First World War when many thousands of artificial limbs were needed for wounded servicemen.

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Object Number:
1999-599
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and certalmid
type:
prosthetic hand
credit:
Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust