Crutch
date: label: date made
content: ca 1863
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for John DeWitt Wemple, “Crutch,” U.S. Patent 39,854 (Sept. 8, 1863). Wemple’s crutches were extensible and so were variable in height; they had springs and so were easy on the arms; they could be folded and so were easily portable; and they would not slip.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Prostheses
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.309032.03
label: accession number
content: 309032
label: catalog number
content: 309032.03
label: patent number
content: 39854
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crutch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 cm x 10.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 19 11/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 19/32 in