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Artificial right leg, England, 1914-1920
Made from fibre, wood and with leather padding to secure the limb around the waist, this prosthetic leg would have been worn by a person who had had their leg amputated above the knee. The maker is listed as Wood Milne, who were manufacturers of rubber tyres during peace time. Like many companies they would have changed their product range in order to cope with the demands of war. This leg was iss…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- artificial leg
- prostheses
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- artificial leg
- prostheses
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0057927
Identifier
- L0057927
- Science Museum A603115
- pqfmes37
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:43:17.707Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:43:17.707Z