. A treatise on Marks' patent artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet. quent accidentson the steam and horse-railroad tracks. It may be safely laid down as a rule that the sooner after an amputation anartificial limb is applied the better it will be for the development of the stumpand for the preservation of the symmetry and health of the sound limb. Es-pecially does this seem to apply to cases occurring in young persons, in whomthe stump is apt not only to fail in development proportionate to the growthof the individual but becomes atrophied and flabby from disuse. In a recent conversatio
. A treatise on Marks' patent artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet. quent accidentson the steam and horse-railroad tracks. It may be safely laid down as a rule that the sooner after an amputation anartificial limb is applied the better it will be for the development of the stumpand for the preservation of the symmetry and health of the sound limb. Es-pecially does this seem to apply to cases occurring in young persons, in whomthe stump is apt not only to fail in development proportionate to the growthof the individual but becomes atrophied and flabby from disuse. In a recent conversation with Mr. A. A. Marks, manufacturer of artificiallimbs in this city, attention was called to this matter, and the following casewas cited in support of this theory. The subject of the accompanying illustration, when but eight years of age,was furnished with one of Mr. Marks artificial legs, which has been lengthened,enlarged, or replaced by Mr. Marks as demanded by the increased size of thewearer. The result of this early application of an artificial leg is seen in the. healthy development of the stump. In street dress one would hardly recognizethe one-legged gymnast whose feats of strength and whose agility have given aworld-wide reputation to Stewart Dare, as he is known in public. When offthe stage and in street attire his easy, graceful walk gives very little evidence ofan artificial leg, which is due in part to the perfect adaptation of the socket to thestump, and in part to the flexible rubber foot (invented by Mr. Marks) whoseaction so closely simulates that of the natural foot, and does away so thoroughlywith the tell-tale thud which always accompanies the use of the ordinaryartificial leg that one would hardly suspect that the individual under observa-tion has been subjected to an amputation.—The New York Medical Journal. 158 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. La Voz de Espana, Mexico, July 29, 1882. {Translation.}Marks—We have received a catalogue from
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