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Artifact Name	Back Brace
Type of Object	Brace
Date of Manufacture	1920-1925
Time Period	Nineteenth century
Dimensions	55 cm. x 25 cm. x 23 cm.
Physical Details	Back brace with leather padding and steel framework. Designed to fit the dimensions of an adolescent child, the brace is composed of three thick steel bars to which leather is clamped at the bottom and fitted with leather straps set with adjustable holes. The steel frame of the brace can be lowered or raised to fit with the use of screws. Back side of brace has an extra pad attached to the steel piece which would fit behind the spine, and the top of the device is fitted with a padded leather chin rest and head rest, which can also be adjusted through the use of screws.
Medical Subject	Braces
Accession Number	1998.5.1
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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