A moulded right forearm splint of cast metal that resembles the shape of a forearm; the concave arm brace has upturned sides that can be bent and shaped to the human arm and has 28 diamond-shaped cutouts arranged in four vertical lines of seven cutouts each; on the front and back sides there is dry…
A moulded right forearm splint of cast metal that resembles the shape of a forearm; the concave arm brace has upturned sides that can be bent and shaped to the human arm and has 28 diamond-shaped cutouts arranged in four vertical lines of seven cutouts each; on the front and back sides there is dry adhesive residue present; towards the hand the brace twists slightly and narrows before joining with a cast hammer-like handgrip
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated by Dean Barry Smith, Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University.
Stamped into metal on bottom of the splint on the back side: "ZIMMER MFG. CO. // WARSAW [logo with a capital Z inside a diamond shape] IND. U.S.A. // 13 C"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E2-16
Dimension Notes
Length 27.6 cm x Width 10.5 cm x Depth 6.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Metal is scratched and scuffed all over object; adhesive marks are present on the back and front of the object but are no longer tacky; metal is corroding and beginning to pit all over the front; handle is very pitted and discoloured
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Zimmer Manufacturing Website. January 7, 2009, March 30, 2011.
Research Facts
Justin O. Zimmer began Zimmer Manufacturing Company in Warsaw Indiana in 1927; the Zimmer line of 50 aluminum splints debuts at the American Medical Association meeting in May of 1927 in Washington, D.C. and the Zimmer splint becomes an immediate leader in its field; 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; handpiece is contoured to fit the hand.
Zimmer Catalogue from 1960
Exhibit History
On exhibit in the Friend-Vandewater Gallery in Botterell Hall, Queen's University; removed January 27, 2010