. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... always placed in an arm;sometimes the length of stump prevents it, other times it is notdesired. We do not advocate the use of any form of wrist connection thatdoes not hold the hand to the forearm rigidly, unless utility can besacrificed for ornament. A laboring man would find the instability ofthe hand, due to ball and socket or mortise and tennon connection, ahindrance rather than a help, while a society lady would find eitherconnection desirable, as by it she will be enabled to place her hand in avariety of angles, thus destro
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... always placed in an arm;sometimes the length of stump prevents it, other times it is notdesired. We do not advocate the use of any form of wrist connection thatdoes not hold the hand to the forearm rigidly, unless utility can besacrificed for ornament. A laboring man would find the instability ofthe hand, due to ball and socket or mortise and tennon connection, ahindrance rather than a help, while a society lady would find eitherconnection desirable, as by it she will be enabled to place her hand in avariety of angles, thus destroying monotony, and adding grace to thepose of the artificial member. Cut No, 923 represents the mortise and tennon hand flexed, and CutNo. 924 represents the same extended. Any mechanism employed in holding hands to forearms add more orless to the total weight of the structures. It is often the case that 223 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. society ladies choose to sacrifice the advantages of wrist articulations inorder to obtain minimum
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