. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 811. No. 812. bend the knee when sitting without using her hands to operate thelock. The apparatus is provided with a rubber foot placed at theproper distance to supply the deficiency. 162 A. A. MASKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, BTKW TOEK CITY. PEG LEGS. The terms peg leg-,1 stick leg, pin leg/ and bucket leg, aresynonymous. They designate a crude artificial leg without a foot. In remote times peg legs were in almost general use. Peter Stuy-yesant wore one in preference to the complicated mechanical leg ofthe seyenteenth century, notwi
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 811. No. 812. bend the knee when sitting without using her hands to operate thelock. The apparatus is provided with a rubber foot placed at theproper distance to supply the deficiency. 162 A. A. MASKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, BTKW TOEK CITY. PEG LEGS. The terms peg leg-,1 stick leg, pin leg/ and bucket leg, aresynonymous. They designate a crude artificial leg without a foot. In remote times peg legs were in almost general use. Peter Stuy-yesant wore one in preference to the complicated mechanical leg ofthe seyenteenth century, notwithstanding the fact that his friendsbesought him to forego the yulgar peg and import a luxurious arti-ficial ]eg from Holland; but Stuyyesant was too cosmopolitan to heedthose importunities, and preferred to cling to the commonplace No. 813. No. 814. In modern times, peg legs are worn-temporarily, either to bridge theimpecunious period, or to serye until the stump has become morethoroughly healed. Persons are able to stand, stump about, and perform a limited amountof labor on them, and are really better off than on crutches, buttheir restoration to the amplitude of their usefulness does not comeuntil they have applied artificial legs with rubber feet A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 163 We disparage the use of peg legs, knowing as we do that they soinadequately meet the demand. When one is applied to a below kneestump, bearing is usually taken upon the knee, the stump protrudingfrom the rear; this has a tendency to impair the knee movement. When a peg leg is applied to a thigh stump, a socket is provided thatreceives the stump, and weight is taken about the ischium and per-ineum. Cut No. 813 represents a peg leg with knee articulation, calculatedfor a thigh stump, to be worn under clothing. It is con
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