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Elbow Splint

Elbow Splint

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Description
Perforated aluminum splint with paper label that reads “LEVIS’S METALLIC SPLINT / No. 21 ADULT / POSTERIOR ELBOW / OBTUSE ANGLE / J. ELWOOD LEE CO.” Levis’s splints were designed by (or perhaps to the specifications of) Richard Joseph Levis (1827-1890), a graduate of Jefferson Medical College who practiced medicine and surgery in Philadelphia. John Elwood Lee (1860-1914) was a manufacturer in Conshohocken, Pa.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
splint, posterior
Other Terms
Medicine
maker
Lee
Measurements
overall: 8 in x 3 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 9.525 cm x 26.67 cm
ID Number
MG.M-12751
catalog number
M-12751
accession number
315330
Credit Line
Gift of Marion Huber
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