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Drawing of a man typing with the help of a spring suspended from the ceiling.



Visual Still Information

Title: Spring Suspension For Typing
From: Tips On Typing
Original caption: The sketch shows a spring suspension arranged to help a paral with some triceps (pushing down) power but little or no power to lift the forearm. The longer the spring, the easier the action. This is a great help in any kind of table work with an arm disability of this type.
The spring is most simply made of a rubber strip 3/4 inches wide, cut from an automobile inner tube, with a suitable cuff for the wrist.
One paral, having only one good arm, has used a string and foot action for operating the shift key on his typewriter.
Creator: n/a
Date: September 1932
Publication: The Polio Chronicle
Source: Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation Archives