Bizarre Devices from a Dark Past: NUMBER 2

This collection of images of extraordinary objects are among 2500 featured in Brought to Life, the London Science Museum‘s new multimedia website exploring centuries of medical history. We, at Naked Circus, thought we would bring to you our favorites. One each day… until we can favor no more.

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This doll comes from the Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital, Alton, Hampshire, England, where it was used to show child patients and their family the treatment they were about to be given.

Opened in 1908, the hospital specialised in treating children with orthopaedic conditions caused by TB and polio. Here, the doll has a splint on its arm. Splints help keep injured or diseased bones in position so they heal correctly.

Courtesy New Scientist

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