Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Above knee amputation with peg legs reconstruction class / U.S.A. Signal Corps.
Contributor (Organization):
United States. Army.
Subject (MeSH Term):
Amputees
Subject (MeSH Term):
Military Personnel
Subject (MeSH Term):
Artificial Limbs
Subject (MeSH Term):
Leg
Subject (MeSH Term):
World War I
Subject (Geographic Name):
France
Publication Information:
1919.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A05953
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 21 cm.
Image Description:
A group of men with above knee amputations are standing in the courtyard between two buildings; straps over their shoulders are attached to a prosthesis which appears to be a metal frame attached to a peg.
Subject (Organization):
United States.
Note (General):
The title, date, and picture caption transcribed from typewritten form affixed to the foot of the photograph.
Note (General):
Picture caption: 6765 B.H.69 2641-M9 March 5-1919 Savenay, Loire Inferieure, France.
Note (General):
Old Negative no. 60-468.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
WX 2 A2B69 no. 16765 box 9 ins
Record UI:
101397824

Above knee amputation with peg legs reconstruction class / U.S.A. Signal Corps.

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