Thomas Leg Splint

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Description:

Hugh Owen Thomas (1834-1891) was an English bone setter, as were many of his relatives, and it was he who invented the Thomas Splint. His nephew, Colonel Robert Jones, promoted the use of the Thomas splint for the initial treatment of femoral fractures, thus greatly reducing the mortality related to this problem during World War I.

This Thomas Splint was made by the DePuy Manufacturing Company, a firm established in Warsaw, Ind., in 1895, by Revra DePuy (1860-1921), a chemist and pharmaceutical salesman who promoted fiber splints that could be customized to fit patients.

Date Made: ca 1920

Maker: DePuy Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Indiana, Warsaw

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Modern Medicine and the Great War

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Credit Line: Gift of William P. Evans

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-07293.01Catalog Number: M-07293.01Accession Number: 217731

Object Name: leg splint

Physical Description: metal; cloth (overall material)Measurements: overall: 115 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm; 45 9/32 in x 11 13/16 in x 11 13/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7f3e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_727589

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