Splint is made up of three sections, a handgrip, curved metal wrist support and perforated arm support all three parts are connected by a metal bar attached by metal rivets; handgrip is adjustable from side to side and is rolled to allow the fingers to fold over it; there are two metal rivets on th…
Splint is made up of three sections, a handgrip, curved metal wrist support and perforated arm support all three parts are connected by a metal bar attached by metal rivets; handgrip is adjustable from side to side and is rolled to allow the fingers to fold over it; there are two metal rivets on the top of the handgrip, one at each end; the arm support is perforted with 64 circular holes arranged in vertical rows of eight holes each; arm support can be moulded to fit the forearm; dry yellow residue present on back right hand side.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated by Dean Barry Smith, Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University.
Stamped on the back left hand side: "DE PUY MFG. CO. // WARSAW. IND."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E2-16
Dimension Notes
Lenth 27.8 cm x Width 11.1 cm x Depth 8.1 cm
Condition Remarks
Scratches are present all over splint; arm support has been bent at a harsh angle which has created a crease close to the metal bar that joins all three portions of the splint; pitting is present on the back left hand edge; wrist support is in good condition; handgrip exhibits a large amount of corrosion where the fingers would have sat and the metal has turned white and has begun to flake off; handgrip is loose
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
De Puy Website. April 12, 2011. April 13, 2011.
Research Facts
The DePuy Companies are part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies; Revra DePuy founded DePuy Manufacturing (later to become DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.) in 1895 in Warsaw, Indiana, on the promise of a fiber splint to replace the wooden barrel staves then used to set fractures; DePuy then becomes the first commercial orthopaedic manufacturer in the world; the Colles splint is generally used for distal-end fractures of the ulna and radius; it can be fitted to the correct angle of flexion by slightly twisting and bending the splint.
"Hospital and Physicians Equipment and Supplies," J. F. Hartz Co. Ltd., Toronto, 1960, p.121 (similar to item 6-13A-OEC)
Exhibit History
On exhibit in the Friend-Vandewater Gallery in Botterell Hall, Queen's University; removed January 27, 2010