. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 753. Cut No. 752 represents an ununited fracture of the right tibia, dueto gunshot wound received in the Civil War. The injury was 144 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. confined to the tibia. On account of tibial weakness the fibula wasovertaxed, and a support became necessary. An indentation deepenough to hide a finger had always been present in the leg at thepoint of injury, two inches below the knee. Cut No. 753 represents the brace that was applied. It relieved thefibula, by carrying the weight of the wearer ab
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 753. Cut No. 752 represents an ununited fracture of the right tibia, dueto gunshot wound received in the Civil War. The injury was 144 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. confined to the tibia. On account of tibial weakness the fibula wasovertaxed, and a support became necessary. An indentation deepenough to hide a finger had always been present in the leg at thepoint of injury, two inches below the knee. Cut No. 753 represents the brace that was applied. It relieved thefibula, by carrying the weight of the wearer about its top. The injurycaused a shortening of an inch and one-half in the entire length of theleg; a half sole was attached to the extremity of the brace to com-pensate for the shortening. Cut No. 754 represents a deformity of the right leg; the hip, thigh,and knee normal and healthy, but the leg and foot arrested in their.
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