. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 608. in place, the stump fits the wooden socket comfortably, bearings areadmitted only about the enlarging part of the stump immediately 84 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. below the knee; the anterior surface of the tibia is always accommo-dated by a channel; the osseous process of the fibula is provided for bya cavity in the socket; the end of the stumphangs in space and receivesno pressure whatever, either on the sides or on the end, except whenthe conditions of the end of the stump will admit. In cases of extr
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 608. in place, the stump fits the wooden socket comfortably, bearings areadmitted only about the enlarging part of the stump immediately 84 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. below the knee; the anterior surface of the tibia is always accommo-dated by a channel; the osseous process of the fibula is provided for bya cavity in the socket; the end of the stumphangs in space and receivesno pressure whatever, either on the sides or on the end, except whenthe conditions of the end of the stump will admit. In cases of extreme sensitiveness, the weight is carried entirely aboutthe thigh, and the stump from the knee down is not permitted to bearany pressure. In this case, the stump performs no other functionthan that of directing the lower leg, moving it forward and bringing it!backward. It is rarely the case that weight can be prudently applied to theextremity of a tibial stump; the exceptions are only those stumps. that are protected by periosteal and integumentary tissue, and thenonly when the cicatrices are well away from the end. When these favorable conditions exist, we place an end-bearing padin the socket of the leg. This pad is made to be adjustable so as toincrease or diminish the amount of pressure on the extremity. Cut No. 608 represents No. 589 leg applied to a person whenstanding. Cut No. 609 represents the same case, but the wearer sitting. Whenthe wearer is dressed, he is able to walk, run, sit, or lie down. Everyposture will carry the semblance of nature, every movement will bemade with surprising naturalness. The loss of the natural leg is abso-lutely concealed, and the substitution by the artificial leg restores thewearer to the amplitude of his usefulness. - A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 85 £ut No. 610 represents an amputation below the knee of the left leg-;j thigh of the same leg shortened three inches, on account of frac-Je of the femur and the lapping of th
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