Back Brace
date: label: date made
content: 1978
notes: label: Description
content: The Milwaukee Back Brace, for many years the golden standard in the conservative treatment of scoliosis around the world, was developed in 1946 by Walter Blount and Albert Schmidt at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee's Children's Hospital. This example was manufactured in 1978 by Custom Orthopedic Appliances, CA. It was made for and worn by Peter D. Ross. An inscription reads “Milwaukee.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Prostheses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Marcel G. Ross
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0789.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0789
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0789.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Back Brace
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 71 cm x 25 cm x 30.5 cm; 27 15/16 in x 9 27/32 in x 12 in