. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... uty to disparage and discountenance theuse of artificial legs for tibial stumps that do not provide for takingsome support above the knees. A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 93 Those who insist upon wearing thighless artificial legs, who haveworn them from choice, and have had their stumps disciplined to theiruse, will be accommodated without further comment. Price of No. 622 leg, with necessary straps and suspenders and a fullline of accessories, each $65. Measurements and diagrams required are called for on pages 183
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... uty to disparage and discountenance theuse of artificial legs for tibial stumps that do not provide for takingsome support above the knees. A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 93 Those who insist upon wearing thighless artificial legs, who haveworn them from choice, and have had their stumps disciplined to theiruse, will be accommodated without further comment. Price of No. 622 leg, with necessary straps and suspenders and a fullline of accessories, each $65. Measurements and diagrams required are called for on pages 183 to 188. NATURAL CROOK LEGS. All artificial legs described in preceding pages are constructed withthe leg portions securehT attached to rubber feet at the ankles. Thismethod has been in practice for many years, and is found to be satis-factoiy in the point of strength, neatness, and accommodation, with theexceptions as follows: First. Long stumps that extend to or near the ankles, and that arevery large about their extremities. Such stumps forbid durable con-. No. 627. nections of the feet with the sockets. The perspiration will in timedestroy the waterproof coating placed on the insides of the legs, andsaturate the wood and destroy the fastenings. Second. Wearers of artificial limbs who follow vocations that sub-ject their artificial limbs to continuous moisture—bridge-builders,oystermen, fishermen, woodsmen, raftsmen, trappers, and persons must have artificial legs that are absolutely waterproof. )4 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. die only way that we know of by which the two conditions abovenentioned can be met. is bv making- the legs of wood with continuousmd unbroken grains, runniug in the lines of the greatest is accomplished by carving each leg and core of foot from anatural-crooked piece of timber, and cementing the foot to the core,ill of which is properly covered. Cut Xo. 627 represents a sectionalriew of a leg made in this m
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