. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... X: 1142. No. 1144. were permitted to slightly retract, but the retractions were not so greatas to bring the amputated surfaces to the ground, or to make it impossi-ble for the maker to adapt the limbs so as to bear comfortably on theends and to prevent further retraction. A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 331 Cuts Nos. 1141, 1142, 1143, and 1144 represent stumps resulting frompartial feet amputations, the heels retracted, and the tendons contractedso as to make the stumps non-end-bearing. Artificial limbs applie
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... X: 1142. No. 1144. were permitted to slightly retract, but the retractions were not so greatas to bring the amputated surfaces to the ground, or to make it impossi-ble for the maker to adapt the limbs so as to bear comfortably on theends and to prevent further retraction. A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 331 Cuts Nos. 1141, 1142, 1143, and 1144 represent stumps resulting frompartial feet amputations, the heels retracted, and the tendons contractedso as to make the stumps non-end-bearing. Artificial limbs appliedto these cases were not permitted to bear upon the extremities; theyextended nearly to the knees, and received bearings immediatelybelowthe knees. Cut No. 1145 represents a partial foot amputation necessitated bygangrene of the toes and front part of foot; the heel became retracted,
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