Above knee amputation with peg legs: reconstruction class

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Publication:: 1919
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Amputees
Military Personnel
Artificial Limbs
Leg
World War I
France
United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 69.
Abstract:: 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.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:: 1 photographic print : 17 x 21 cm.
Technique:: black and white
NLM Unique ID:: 101397824 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A05953
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101397824

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