Prosthesis, leg
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LOWER LEG
- DATE
- 1926
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0130.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LEATHER, METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS; FABRIC & LEATHER BELT WITH METAL ATTACHMENT MECHANISMS; WOOL LINER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Assistive technologies
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS LIMB USED 1926- EARLY 1970S.
- Canada
-
ARTIFICIAL LEG WORN BY DONOR'S FATHER, MR. WILFRED JOHN MCGUIRE (1908-1993). MR. MCGUIRE LOST HIS LEFT LEG IN A FARM ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS 5 YEARS OLD: WHEN HE WAS 18 HE ACQUIRED THIS, HIS FIRST, ARTIFICIAL LEG. (REF.1, P.2). CANADIAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN DESIGN & MFR OF PROSTHESIS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED. FACILITIES SUCH AS THE CAMP HILL HOSPITAL IN HALIFAX, NS ESTABLISHED FOR VICTIMS OF THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION (1917) AND WW 1 VETERANS ARE ESPECIALLY WELL KNOWN FOR INNOVATIVE TREATMENT & REHABILITATION OF AMPUTEES. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO IMPROVE BALANCE, MOBILITY AND APPEARANCE OF WEARER. - Technical
-
ARTIFICIAL LEG, FEATURING LEATHER RECEPTACLE FOR STUMP, ADJUSTABLE BELT &ATTACHMENT HARNESS, AND THICK SOCK LINER (USED TO PREVENT CHAFING). THIS STYLE OF PROSTHESIS WAS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER EARLIER RIGID DESIGNS: HINGED KNEE OFFERED AMPUTEES BETTER FLEXIBILITY AND MOBILITY, AND IMPORTANT VISUAL BENEFITS WHEN SITTING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No Markings on leg or harness. Alternate harness (PT) similarly bears no markings. Markings on PT sock or liner are worn, and largely illegible, save "...100% PURE WOOL/ WIDTH/ TOP 7 IN./ MADE IN CANADA ".
- Missing
- NONE; FOOT & SOCK LINER ARE REPLACEMENTS.
- Finish
- LIGHT BROWN SYNTHETIC LEG & LEATHER HARNESS; PALE PINK-BROWN FOOT; BEIGE & LIGHT BROWN HARNESS. WHITE-YELLOW SOCK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Prosthesis, leg, circa 1926, Artifact no. 1998.0130, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0130.001/
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