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Type of Object

Brace

Date of Manufacture

1920-1925

Physical Details

Back brace with leather padding and steel framework. Designed to fit the dimensions of an adolescent child, the brace is composed of three thick steel bars to which leather is clamped at the bottom and fitted with leather straps set with adjustable holes. The steel frame of the brace can be lowered or raised to fit with the use of screws. Back side of brace has an extra pad attached to the steel piece which would fit behind the spine, and the top of the device is fitted with a padded leather chin rest and head rest, which can also be adjusted through the use of screws.

Dimensions

55 cm. x 25 cm. x 23 cm.

Medical Subject

Braces

Accession Number

1998.5.1

Genre

medical equipment

Local Genre

medical artifact

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Medical Artifacts Collection

Source

Original object: Back Brace, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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