Prosthetic hand

Description

Body powered prosthetic right hand, solid plastic with rubber thumb with attached cable used to power it, part of the research and education collections of the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre, Edinburgh, 1964

Museum reference

T.2011.100

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Prosthetic hand

Date

1964

Materials

Plastic, Rubber

Associations

Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre
World Body Power Group

Exhibitions

• Reconstructing Lives, a human technology (09 Mar 2012 - 24 Feb 2013)
  National War Museum

References

NHS Lothian Archives accession number 10/001 (related paper and film material)

Film of interview with David Gow of the SMART Centre, NHS Lothian (see DVD in object file)