. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... mm No. 1127. Cut No. 1127 represents a stump extending to the ankle. A circularoperation was performed, and as the flaps were either unhealthy or A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 327 insufficient, the tissues retracted during the healing- period and thetibula, which was permitted to remain a little longer that the tibia,became exposed and cicatrized. This was an unfortunate stump, theextremity being irritable and rebelling against any contact, pressure,. No. 1128. or the slightest contractile force. A secondary amputa
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... mm No. 1127. Cut No. 1127 represents a stump extending to the ankle. A circularoperation was performed, and as the flaps were either unhealthy or A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 327 insufficient, the tissues retracted during the healing- period and thetibula, which was permitted to remain a little longer that the tibia,became exposed and cicatrized. This was an unfortunate stump, theextremity being irritable and rebelling against any contact, pressure,. No. 1128. or the slightest contractile force. A secondary amputation was foundnecessary after a few years of suffering. Cut No. 1128 represents amputations of both legs just abovethe ankles. If more care had been given to the obtaining of flapsthan to obtaining long stumps, the patient would have fared muchbetter. The patient was injured by the railroad cars; both feet were
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