. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... kit. I would not take any amount for it if I could not the time,ectfully yours, illiS H. S. KE53EDT. A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 405 BELOW-KNEE AMPUTATION. New Haven County, Conn., June 12, 1894. Mr. A. A. Marks, New York : Dear Sir :—When I met with the misfortune of losing my right leg, I feltthat all the sunshine had passed from my life. Fortunately I came in posses-sion of a copy of one of your books, and as I perused its pages, I receivedmuch encouragement. Some tried to dissuade me from entertaining the hop
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... kit. I would not take any amount for it if I could not the time,ectfully yours, illiS H. S. KE53EDT. A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 405 BELOW-KNEE AMPUTATION. New Haven County, Conn., June 12, 1894. Mr. A. A. Marks, New York : Dear Sir :—When I met with the misfortune of losing my right leg, I feltthat all the sunshine had passed from my life. Fortunately I came in posses-sion of a copy of one of your books, and as I perused its pages, I receivedmuch encouragement. Some tried to dissuade me from entertaining the hopeof obtaining an artificial leg inside of four or five months, but I was so deter-mined to get about on two legs again I procured an artificial leg from you inexactly nine weeks after my natural leg was amputated. Five days after Ireceived the leg my doctor observed me skating on the canal. He stoppedand watched me ; he was amazed ; he told me that I beat anything he hadever seen. I was a professional tight rope walker and aeronaut before I lost my leg, and. No. 1207. I do not propose to allow the loss of a leg to compel me to seek another occupa-pation. I can walk a tight rope nearly as well as I ever could. The rubberfoot enables me to balance with safety. The absence of an ankle joint removesthe risk of falling to a large degree. I can walk a tight rope while it; is fiftyfeet above the ground, and when I am dressed, without exposing my limbs, noone would suspect that one of my legs was artificial. While walking on the ground I never feel the necessity of looking for unevenor bad places. I feel safe and sure on my rubber foot, no matter where Iplace it. I consider your invention of the rubber foot the most valuable andimportant, to persons who have lost their natural limbs, of any invention thathas been made. Respectfully yours, Prof. F. E. Jacoby. Note.—The above cut (No. 1207) has been made from an instantaneousphotograph taken of Professor Jacoby while performing on a
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