Hipwood Pneumatic Crutch
name: label: maker
content: Randall-Faichney Company
notes: label: Description
content: Pneumatic crutch invented by George Hipwood (ca. 1885-), a woodcarver in Boston, with a "'RANFAC' Boston U.S.A." inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: George Hipwood, “Crutch,” U.S. Patent 1,194,384 (Aug. 15, 1916).
label: Description
content: “Hipwood Pneumatic Crutch,” The Modern Hospital 7 (1916): 514.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Prostheses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Fritz Friedland, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.306966.01.02
label: accession number
content: 306966
label: catalog number
content: 306966.01.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crutch, pneumatic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 8 in x 6 in; 142.24 cm x 20.32 cm x 15.24 cm