. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... an do almost as much labor with it as some people do with 442 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITT. their natural arms. I am clerking in a store, handling all kinds of heavymerchandise, I can wheel a wheel-barrow or hold a plow. I am well satisfiedwith my arm. (See cut 2s o. 1103.) I am, Yours truly,A. A. Marks. W. C. Bray. MONTANA. BELOW-KNEE AMPUTATION. Sweet Grass County, Mont., Dec. 20, A. A. Marks : Dear Sir ;—The rubber foot you applied to my artificial leg gives me bettersatisfaction than I ever had with th
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... an do almost as much labor with it as some people do with 442 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITT. their natural arms. I am clerking in a store, handling all kinds of heavymerchandise, I can wheel a wheel-barrow or hold a plow. I am well satisfiedwith my arm. (See cut 2s o. 1103.) I am, Yours truly,A. A. Marks. W. C. Bray. MONTANA. BELOW-KNEE AMPUTATION. Sweet Grass County, Mont., Dec. 20, A. A. Marks : Dear Sir ;—The rubber foot you applied to my artificial leg gives me bettersatisfaction than I ever had with the ankle joint, I am now sure-footed, whichI never was with the other. Yours, Jno. M. Dodge. KNEE-BEARING AMPUTATION. Jefferson County. Mont., April 10, A. Marks, Esq, : Dear Sib :—In regard to my experience in using an artificial leg will saythat I have worn an artificial leg thirty-one years. The first rubber foot I wore for twelve years, and the second to date. Therubber foot cannot be any more and be artificial. It gives a soft-like, safe No. 1216. I am a stone mason and builder. My work is on rough grouDd. with spall,fragments, and rubbish as usually seen about stone buildings while under con-struction. This is the place to test an artificial leg. No other leg ever did somuch good. I will give a few rough ideas of the common sense of it, 1st,it lias a stiff ankle joint which, though apparently a disadvantage, is really itscharm. I can stand on the heel or toe at will ; this gives me great advantage in turn-ing about and getting around lively. The joint will Hap on all other legs assoon as a little weight is applied to them. They will then be flat on theground, and it will be impossible to turn until the weight is relieved. If on a sidehill, roof, or ladder the joint is not safe, but the rubber foot is A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 443 always safe. Any person wanting to know about your limb I will cheerfullyanswer all communications if a P.
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