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Type of Object
Cane
Place of Manufacture
Brest (France)
Date of Manufacture
1918
Physical Details
Wooden cane with the names of 18 patients carved into it. Cane is made from a stripped tree branch, and has names carved in from the top down in a spiral fashion. The top is inscribed: "12-4-18 B.H. NO. 65 WARD X 2." The names are those of Dr. Wine's patients at Base Hospital 65 who recovered from meningitis.
Dimensions
2 cm. x 90 cm. x 1.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Orthopedic equipment
Accession Number
1989.1.2
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Carved Wooden Cane, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00169.jpg