McKee-Farrar Total Hip Prosthesis
notes: label: Description
content: The McKee-Farrar hip prosthesis, the first widely used total hip replacement, was developed in the 1950s by George Kenneth McKee (1906-1991), an orthopedic surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and John Watson-Farrar (1926-1999), an orthopedic surgeon from Edmonton, Alberta, who studied and practiced in England.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Howmedica Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.306404.01
label: accession number
content: 306404
label: catalog number
content: 306404.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ball and Socket
label: Object Name
content: hip joint, artificial
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
label: Object Name
content: Hip Prosthesis
label: Other Terms
content: Ball and Socket; Hip Prosthesis; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, ball: 1 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 2 in; 3.81 cm x 16.51 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, socket: 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.6 cm x 5.3 cm x 4.4 cm; 6 9/16 in x 2 1/16 in x 1 3/4 in