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From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'

Description:

Wire splint with paper label that reads “DePuy Adjustable Wire / PATENTED / Forearm and Hand Splint / No. 7 Large Right / DePuy Manufacturing Co., / Warsaw, Indiana.” Revra DePuy (1860-1921), a chemist and pharmaceutical salesman, established this firm in 1895.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of William P. Evans

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-07294.09Catalog Number: M-07294.09Accession Number: 217731

Object Name: splint, hand and forearmOther Terms: Splints, Batch of; Medicine

Measurements: overall: 2 in x 16 in x 4 in; 5.08 cm x 40.64 cm x 10.16 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6add-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1812187

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