. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 557. Cut No. 554 represents a long thigh stump, the extremity insuffi-ciently protected to admit of end-bearing,Cut No. 555 represents a similar but longer stump. The extremity 58 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. of the femur protrudes and is covered merely by cicatricial tissue,extremely sensitive, incapable of bearing pressure or enduring: No. 556 represents a long thigh stump, well-protected extremity,capable of bearing pressure. Cut No. 557 represents a similar stump,well-protected extremity, end-b
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 557. Cut No. 554 represents a long thigh stump, the extremity insuffi-ciently protected to admit of end-bearing,Cut No. 555 represents a similar but longer stump. The extremity 58 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. of the femur protrudes and is covered merely by cicatricial tissue,extremely sensitive, incapable of bearing pressure or enduring: No. 556 represents a long thigh stump, well-protected extremity,capable of bearing pressure. Cut No. 557 represents a similar stump,well-protected extremity, end-bearing. It will be observed from thecut that the stump habitually inclines forward on account of contrac-tion of the flexors. This, although a slight inconvenience at the begin-ning, disappeared a short time after the stump was put into active useby the wearing of an artificial „?;«-—% No. 558. Occasionally long thigh stumps are well and evenly rounded, andare sufficiently protected on their extremities by periosteal and integu-mentary tissue to admit of pressure being applied to the No. 556 and 557 represent long thigh stumps capable of bearingpressure on ends. In cases of long, end-bearing stumps, and especiallystumps that are flabby, a lacing front to the thigh-piece can be intro-duced to advantage, as represented in Figs. 558 and 559. Where thigh stumps are not so long as to prohibit the use of theT-joint, the No. 558 leg is applied; and where the stumps are so long as A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 59 to demand the use of the bolt joint, the No. 559 leg is applied. Ineither of these legs a large proportion of the weight is applied directlyto the extremity of the stump, and the balance of the weight is takenabout the perineum and ischium and along the sides of the laced stump admits of more or less contrac
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