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Description: | Ministry of Pensions light-weight "Bird Cage" prosthesis for right above knee amputee. Certalmid socket mounted on a metal skeleton-like structure. The shin is of similar construction with a central supporting rod from end of socket to ankle and jointed at knee level. Wooden foot with metal dorsal surface. Made c.1918. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | artificial leg | Temporal: | 1913-1923 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Unknown maker | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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