Artificial leg

Made:: 1851-1900

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Artificial leg, for amputation above knee, 1851-1900.

Details

Category:: Orthopaedics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A603013

Materials:: whole, wood, leather coloured and painted black and stump end, rubber, goodyear

Measurements:: length 1000 mm

type:: artificial legs

credit:: Biggleswade Hospital

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