. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 783. No, 784. dropping1 of the foot to an extreme angle, merely for concealment,was not considered necessary. In all cases of shortened legs, where the shortening is over threeinches, we deem it necessary to have the extension brace run well upon the leg to very near the knee, in order to properly relieve the ankleof the strain that would otherwise come upon it. This strain increasesas the distance between the ankle-joint and the floor becomes greater. Cut No. 783 represents a shortened leg, right side, the deficiencyamounting
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 783. No, 784. dropping1 of the foot to an extreme angle, merely for concealment,was not considered necessary. In all cases of shortened legs, where the shortening is over threeinches, we deem it necessary to have the extension brace run well upon the leg to very near the knee, in order to properly relieve the ankleof the strain that would otherwise come upon it. This strain increasesas the distance between the ankle-joint and the floor becomes greater. Cut No. 783 represents a shortened leg, right side, the deficiencyamounting to about six inches. The angle at which the foot could bedropped, being considerable, the leg represented in figure 784 not onlysupplied the deficiency in length and supported the ankle and sides ofthe log, but effectually concealed the disfigurement. 154 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. Cut No. 785 represents the support applied, and Cut No. 786 repre-sents the manner in which the deficiency was concealed by the trousers.
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