Prosthetic hand

Description

Body powered prosthetic right hand, metal with two internal cables exiting either side of the wrist, at the end of each is a leather and metal buckle, fingers and thumb jointed and articulated, part of the research and education collections of the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre, Edinburgh

Museum reference

T.2011.101

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Prosthetic hand

Materials

Metal, Leather, Metal

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)