. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 638. No. 639. aluminum, according as the conditions of the case demand. The footis rubber, as described on page 24. The stump is placed in the socket from the front and is held in placeby means of a leather front, laced to fit tightly, as represented in CutNo. 639. the socket is made of wood, it is covered andenameled. When made of aluminum, the metal is polished and thefoot covered. The stump bears on an accommodating pad, which iscalculated to receive most of the pressure. The socket is fitted to thesinuosities of the
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 638. No. 639. aluminum, according as the conditions of the case demand. The footis rubber, as described on page 24. The stump is placed in the socket from the front and is held in placeby means of a leather front, laced to fit tightly, as represented in CutNo. 639. the socket is made of wood, it is covered andenameled. When made of aluminum, the metal is polished and thefoot covered. The stump bears on an accommodating pad, which iscalculated to receive most of the pressure. The socket is fitted to thesinuosities of the leg and stump, protecting tender places and applyingpressure at places of vantage. If only part of the weight can be borne on the end of the stump, theupper extremity of the socket is made annular and sufficiently long tobear on the tapering part of the leg immediately below the knee. Cut No. 640 represents a leg of this character. It is obvious that thestump, being inserted from the top, will not enter further than the topof the socket will admit. The pad pl
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