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Culture:American
Title:hoist
Date Made:19th century
Type:Medical
Materials:wood, leather, base metal: iron; paint
Place Made:United States
Measurements:overall: 17 x 6 1/2 x 14 in.; 43.18 x 16.51 x 35.56 cm
Accession Number:  HD 64.243
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Wooden hoist which may have been used to elevate a foot inflamed by gout or a broken leg. Gouty joints are extremely tender to the touch, so that using a hoist would have minimized pressure. The hoist has an iron hook on top (with old red paint) for suspending it from a beam; turned wooden "leg" with an inserted rachetted "reel" with four 5 1/2" spokes; a leather strap attached to small internal diameter of reel and to the iron hook at the opposite end; rachets for locking the reel on the same side as the spoked handle; and an iron loop on the bottom.

Subjects:
Leather

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