. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... Xo. 1163. Xo. 1164. Deflected Tibial Stumps.—TVe occasionally find tibial stumps chat appear to be abducted at the knee, a condition that is found to be asource of anxiety to the surgeon as well as to the patient. Cut Xo. 1163 represents a deflected tibial stump. The fibula hasbecome deflected outwardly, and the tibia appears to have becomeabducted at its articulation. A careful examination of a number of A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY 337 stumps of this character have satisfied us that no abnormal conditionsexist in
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... Xo. 1163. Xo. 1164. Deflected Tibial Stumps.—TVe occasionally find tibial stumps chat appear to be abducted at the knee, a condition that is found to be asource of anxiety to the surgeon as well as to the patient. Cut Xo. 1163 represents a deflected tibial stump. The fibula hasbecome deflected outwardly, and the tibia appears to have becomeabducted at its articulation. A careful examination of a number of A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY 337 stumps of this character have satisfied us that no abnormal conditionsexist in the articulating parts. The knee motion is generally perfect,and articulation is not attended with pain or unusual interior aspect of the leg has, by atrophy, become scantily coveredwith integumentary tissue; this, with the deflection of the fibula, pro-duces the apparent abduction of the knee. The condition is neithertroublesome to the limb-maker nor unfortunate to the patient, as arti-ficial limbs can always be adjusted with good results
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