Prosthetic Hook
notes: label: Description
content: The "DORRANCE / PATENTED" inscription on this prosthetic hook refers to David W. Dorrance (1856-1933), who developed a prosthetic device, the first of several, in the 1890s.
label: Description
content: Ref: “His Loss Benefits,” Imperial Valley Press (Jan. 22, 1931), p. 5.
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: 1997.0119.15
label: accession number
content: 1997.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0119.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hook, prosthetic aid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.5 cm; 5 5/16 in