Prosthetic hand

Description

Passive prosthetic left hand, hard moulded plastic with pink leather and suede forearm with zip running up thumb side, fingers cosmetic, thumb moves via internal spring, part of the research and education collections of the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre, Edinburgh, by RSL Steeper Ltd, Rochester, Kent, 1988

Museum reference

T.2011.146

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Prosthetic hand

Production information

RSL Steeper Ltd, Manufacturer
Rochester, Kent, England, Northern Europe

Date

1988

Materials

Plastic, Leather, Suede

Associations

Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre
World Passive 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)