Nurse and patient demonstrating a Stryker walking plaster cast, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Description:
A demonstration photograph showing a nurse and patient before the application of a Stryker Walking cast. View shows a female patient laying on her stomach on a exam table, the right foot upright. The photograph was part of a series of photos showing the preparation and removing of a cast with a cutter. A nurse in uniform stands behind the table and holds the patient's foot. The photograph was taken for Dr. Stryker (Stryker Corporation) of Kalamazoo, Michigan. An article in the Kalamazoo Gazette, dated March 3, 1946, reported that the three principal products invented between 1942-1946 by Dr. Stryker's Orthopedic Frame Company were the turning frames for bedfast persons, the cast cutter and the "Stryker Heel" for walking casts.
Institution:
Western Michigan University Libraries
Collection:
Ward Morgan Collection
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Type:
still image