Ambe of Hippocrates: contraption for repairing dislocated shoulder Size:Standard: 14.8 x 10.5cm With ornamental border including fishing

With ornamental border including fishing nets

'Green and Young Hastings'

19th November 1966

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson appears on the television programme Sport In Question

Jeans wears a grey suit

Ambe of Hippocrates: contraption for repairing dislocated shoulder Size:Standard: 14.8 x 10.5cm With ornamental border including fishingIllustration of the 'Ambe of Hippocrates', described a most 'ancient and famous' contraption. It was designed for correcting luxated (dislocated) shoulders arms. This is a 'new Ambe' modified and improved by Le Cat and presented to the Royal Society. The lever at A has the injured arm rest upon it, whilst the vertical piece of wood at B rests alongside the patient's body the two pieces joining and forming a hinge in the patient's armpit. The patient