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Identifier: Country Doctor Museum

Artificial leg with leather-wrapped wood shoe form at bottom; wood ankle and calf support with a thin leather covering extending upward; three holes drilled on front of calf piece and a metal band encircles top of calf; two iron shafts extend upward on sides with hinge joint at knee; base portion above calf wrapped with leather; top of iron shafts wrapped with leather; lacing holes at front of the leather bands for closure; two twill straps attached near top with metal and rubber pulley at end of each strap.more...

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Artificial leg with leather-wrapped wood shoe form at bottom; wood ankle and calf support with a thin leather covering extending upward; three holes drilled on front of calf piece and a metal band encircles top of calf; two iron shafts extend upward on sides with hinge joint at knee; base portion above calf wrapped with leather; top of iron shafts wrapped with leather; lacing holes at front of the leather bands for closure; two twill straps attached near top with metal and rubber pulley at end of each strap.

Date:
1895

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Country Doctor Museum

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