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CABINET CARD/ADVERTISING PHOTO MEIGS SPINAL APPARATUS 1890
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CABINET CARD/ADVERTISING PHOTO MEIGS SPINAL APPARATUS 1890
Price: US $317.00
ORIGINAL CABINET PHOTO ALONG WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT PHOTO OF A CHILD PLACED IN A SPECIAL MEDICAL WHEEL CHAIR CALLED DR. MEIGS SPINAL APPARATUS. I ASSUME IT WAS FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE AMBULATORY PROBLEMS, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY LACK OF OXYGEN DURING BIRTH. THIS CHAIR WAS MADE BY THE POMEROY TRUSS CO. 785 BROADWAY N.Y. THE CABINET CARD MEASURES APPROX. 4 BY 6 AND 1/4. THE POMEROY MEDICAL CARD IS A BIT SMALLER AT 3 BY 5 AND 1/2 INCHES. THIS VERY UNUSUAL CABINET CARD IMAGE WAS TAKEN BY PROF. JOSH ABEL ADDISON, CT. FROM A VERY EARLY CT. ESTATE, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAD A CHILD IN ONE OF THESE CHAIRS. BOTH IMAGES ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.

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