. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... great benefit to him. It is so much easier to use, and looks somuch better than crutches. Yours sincerely, Ellen L. Banks. Emma Zern, leg amputated above the knee May, 1891. Caused bya stone falling on her leg, crushing it. Artificial leg applied October,1892. Age nine years. Annville, Pa., March 18, A. A. Marks. Dear Sir : Yours is at hand, asking my opinion in regard to Emma leg had been amputated in lower third of thigh in 1890, when nine yearsold. She received an artificial leg which she has used without inte
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... great benefit to him. It is so much easier to use, and looks somuch better than crutches. Yours sincerely, Ellen L. Banks. Emma Zern, leg amputated above the knee May, 1891. Caused bya stone falling on her leg, crushing it. Artificial leg applied October,1892. Age nine years. Annville, Pa., March 18, A. A. Marks. Dear Sir : Yours is at hand, asking my opinion in regard to Emma leg had been amputated in lower third of thigh in 1890, when nine yearsold. She received an artificial leg which she has used without the spring of 1895 she had grown 2^ inches ; the leg was then lengthenedat a small cost, and she has been using it since. At first I was doubtful that a child of her age should have an artificiallimb, but am now convinced that a child cannot be too young, as this casewill show. Respectfully, J. William Trabert, M. D. Nellie Cartwright, at the age of eleven, met with an injury in herleg that necessitated an amputation below the knee. Sixteen months. No. 905. after amputation an artificial leg was applied. The leg has beenlengthened twice in three years. A testimonial written in 1896 by herfather is herewith appended. Cut No. 905. Putnam County, O., March 7, Sir : In reply to yours asking my opinion as to the advisability ofapplying artificial limbs to growing children, I would say that I purchasedfrom you a leg for my daughter, Nellie Cartwright, in 1893, she being at thattime between eleven and twelve years old. She lost her foot some monthsprior to that time, and, as she has used the leg nearly three years, I believe I 208 A. A. MARKS. ABTTFICTAL LIMBS. HEW YOBK CITT, am able I Ige of the results, and will say that I would recommend the useof artificial limbs for children of any age, and that the sooner a child has aleg sing a natural one, the better it will be for that child. My daughter is now fourteen years old, attends school, goes shopping, and en;:
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