Plastic jacket

Made:
circa 1964
Plastic jacket

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Plastic jacket
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Plastic jacket, worn by a teenager to correct the spine after surgery for idio-pathic dorsal scoliosis (curvature of the spine), c.1964.

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Object Number:
1999-933
Materials:
plastic, metal, leather
Measurements:
whole: 20 x 13 in.; 508 x 330.2 mm
type:
orthopaedic jacket
credit:
Hood, Ann