Ankle Splint
notes: label: Description
content: Perforated aluminum ankle splint with paper label that reads in part “LEVIS’S METALLIC SPLINT / NO. 17 ADULT / INTERNAL / ANKLE / LEE’S PATENT.” Levis splints were designed by (or perhaps to the specifications of) Dr. Richard Joseph Levis (1827-1890), a graduate of Jefferson Medical College who practiced medicine and surgery in Philadelphia. The patent was issued to John Elwood Lee (1860-1914), a manufacturer in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
label: Description
content: Ref: J. Elwood Lee, “Manufacture of Sheet-Metal Splints,” U.S. Patent 376,666 (Jan. 17, 1888).
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William P. Evans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07294.31
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content: M-07294.31
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content: 217731
objectType: label: Object Name
content: splint