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Science Museum description (from website):

Collection:  SCM - Therapeutics
Object Name:  bed cycle
Maker:  Metal Products Limited
Place Made:  Carshalton, Sutton, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Date Made:  1949
Measurements:  overall: 1830 mm x 2200 mm x 900 mm,
 

Description:  Designed in 1949 by Dr. Ludwig Guttman, a Jewish Neuro-Surgeon who escaped to England with his family in 1939. The Bed cycle was used as an exercise bike for both paraplegics and tetraplegics. It was made by Metal Products Ltd., Carlshalton, Surrey. This specimen was first used at The Chaseley Trust for Disabled Ex-Servicemen, Eastbourne, Sussex in 1946 and last used by a tetraplegic in 1994

Object Number:  1999-223

Credit Line:  The Chaseley Trust

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