GENUINE US MILITARY ISSUE / SURPLUS

VINTAGE WWII ERA

THOMAS

HALF RING LEG SPLINT

ITEM:                                      VINTAGE US MILITARY WWII LEG SPLINT

NOMENCLATURE:                   SPLINT, ARMY, LEG, HALF-RING

ARMY STOCK NO.:                  3750000

NOMENCLATURE 2:                SPLINT, LEG, HALF RING, THOMAS

MANUFACTURER:                   ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT COMPANY

PLACE of MFR:                        BOURBON, IN – MADE IN THE USA

STOCK NO.:                             NS-3

ALSO PART OF:                       US MILITARY WWII – SPLINT SET

SPLINT SET STOCK NO.:         9781500

SPLINT TYPE:                         TRACTION

ITEM MATERIAL:                    3/16” INCH SURGICAL BRACE AND INSTRUMENTS STEEL

 TOTAL LENGTH:                      45” – TOP BENT AT HINGE

                                                47” – TOP NOT BENT AT HINGE

ABOUT THE THOMAS LEG SPLINT:

CREATED BY DR. HUGH OWEN THOMAS EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY, THE THOMAS HALF-RING TRACTION SPLINT WAS DESIGNED TO IMMOBILIZE AND TREAT FEMORAL FRACTURES. EARLY IN ITS USE, IT PREVENTED MANY FATALITIES, PARTICULARLY DURING WORLD WAR I.  LATER, IN THE 1970s, ITS USE WAS ADAPTED TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL INJURIES WHILE TRANSPORTING A PATIENT, A VARIATION OF WHICH IS STILL IN USE TODAY.