. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... 52 North Carolina, 474 North Dakota, 475 Ohio, 475 Oklahoma Territory » • 479 Vlll TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE What the wearers say, Oregon, ....... 480 Pennsylvania, 482 Bhode Island, 491 South Carolina, 492 South Dakota, 493 Tennessee, . 495 Texas, 497 Utah, 498 Vermont, 499 Virginia, 500 Washington, 501 West Virginia, 501 Wisconsin, . 502 Wyoming, 506 Canada, 506 Newfoundland, 509 Mexico, 510 Costa Bica, C. A., . 511 San Salvador, C. A., 511 Peru, S. A., . 512 Chile, S. A., 512 Cuba, 512 Jamaica, W. I., 512 England, 513 Ireland, 51
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... 52 North Carolina, 474 North Dakota, 475 Ohio, 475 Oklahoma Territory » • 479 Vlll TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE What the wearers say, Oregon, ....... 480 Pennsylvania, 482 Bhode Island, 491 South Carolina, 492 South Dakota, 493 Tennessee, . 495 Texas, 497 Utah, 498 Vermont, 499 Virginia, 500 Washington, 501 West Virginia, 501 Wisconsin, . 502 Wyoming, 506 Canada, 506 Newfoundland, 509 Mexico, 510 Costa Bica, C. A., . 511 San Salvador, C. A., 511 Peru, S. A., . 512 Chile, S. A., 512 Cuba, 512 Jamaica, W. I., 512 England, 513 Ireland, 513 Holland, 513 Germany, . 514 Denmark, 514 New Zealand, 514 Hawaiian Islands, . 515 Straits Settlements, 515 Japan, 516 China, 517 South Africa. 518 Foreign Money Equivalents, 518 Stump socks for artificial limb wearers, 519 Webbing 520 Knife and fork combined for one-armed persons. 521 Press-button pocket knives, 522 Crutches, ...... 523 Crutch ferrules and crutch rubbers, 525 Invalid, reclining, and rolling chairs, . 527 PART LEGS AND FEET. A BIT OF HISTORY. EARLY half a century ago two brothers, natives of Con-necticut and residents of New York City, embarked uponthe prosthetic* industry. They were inventors and me-chanics, abundantly endowed with that sympathizingnature that impels the proffering of aid to those with whomthe adversities of life had been severe. D. B. Marks was the elder, andA. A. Marks the younger. Both had been prosperous in their separatevocations, but were nevertheless easily persuaded to engage in an occu-pation that seemed to be more congenial to their dispositions. D. had devised a plan for an artificial leg, and, assisted by hisbrother, set about to develop that plan. A copartnership was formedin 1853, and the two brothers entered upon their new enterprise withmuch zeal, but with little familiarity with the prothetical status ofthose times. The artificial leg made by the new firm was put intopractical use, and the success imme
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