. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... walk great distances without fatigue, andcan attend to his vocation with nearly the same ability as if hisright leg were normally constituted. Cut No. 771 represents a shortened and imperfectly formed leg,which from the knee down was atrophied, and shortened by fourinches when compared with the opposite leg ; knee normal and weightcapable of being carried on the bottom of the foot. Cut Jfo. 772 represents a suitable leg for the same. This leg was 150 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. constructed to receive the deficien
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... walk great distances without fatigue, andcan attend to his vocation with nearly the same ability as if hisright leg were normally constituted. Cut No. 771 represents a shortened and imperfectly formed leg,which from the knee down was atrophied, and shortened by fourinches when compared with the opposite leg ; knee normal and weightcapable of being carried on the bottom of the foot. Cut Jfo. 772 represents a suitable leg for the same. This leg was 150 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. constructed to receive the deficient member, and give proper support toit. A rubber foot, placed under the foot-rest, produced the requiredlength. In this case, it was not possible to drop the toe to a conceal-able angle, therefore, the appliance presented the appearance of adouble foot, but, as the natural foot was somewhat smaller than theartificial, it became possible to conceal the encased foot by trouserswith broad No. 773 represents an ununited fracture in the right leg imme-.
Size: 1023px × 2441px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidtreatiseonar, bookyear1901
