Artificial Leg
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for O. D. Wilcox, “Artificial Leg,” U.S. Patent 16,420 (Jan. 13, 1857). Wilcox was a physician in Easton, Pa. During the Civil War, the federal government authorized C. Stafford, in Chicago, to manufacture artificial legs of this sort, and distribute them to veterans at no cost.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Prostheses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.309032.02
label: accession number
content: 309032
label: catalog number
content: 309032.02
label: patent number
content: 16420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: leg, prosthetic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 42 cm x 7.5 cm x 14.7 cm; 16 17/32 in x 2 15/16 in x 5 25/32 in