Object Details
- Description
- “Loss of a right arm would take much out of the life of most people, but not to J. W. Dorrance (sic) of San Jose, Cal. In a week after a loss of a right arm in a sawmill accident some years ago, Dorrance was back on the job with a hook of his own invention. He patented the article and now they are being distributed all over the country from Dorrance’s small San Jose shop.” The reference here was to David W. Dorrance (1856-1933), who developed a prosthetic device, the first of several, in the 1890s. The inscription on this prosthetic hook reads “DORRANCE / PATENTED”.
- Ref: “His Loss Benefits,” Imperial Valley Press (Jan. 22, 1931), p. 5.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1978.1026.063
- accession number
- 1978.1026
- catalog number
- 1978.1026.063
- Object Name
- terminal device
- prosthetic, hook
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine, Prostheses
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_210925
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e164-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
