Artificial Leg
date: label: date made
content: 1849
label: patent date
content: 1849-02-20
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Benjamin F. Palmer, “Artificial Leg,” U.S. Patent 6,122 (Feb. 20, 1849). Palmer’s artificial leg won a medal at the Crystal Palace Exhibition held in London in 1851. During the Civil War, Palmer established the American Artificial Limb Co. in Meredith, N.H.
label: Description
content: Ref: B. Frank. Palmer, The Palmer Arm and Leg, Adopted for the U.S. Army and Navy (n.d.).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Sidney Licht
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.308961.01
label: accession number
content: 308961
label: catalog number
content: 308961.01
label: patent number
content: 6,122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Leg, Artificial
label: Object Name
content: leg, artificial
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Other Terms
content: Leg, Artificial; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron; leather; paint; paper; wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 5 1/4 in x 20 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 13.335 cm x 52.07 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 4 in x 5 1/2 in; 50.8 cm x 10.16 cm x 13.97 cm