. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 616. No. 617. normal lines as possible, and the wearer is capable of walking ami jstanding naturally. The stump rests on a pad, the thickness of whiclcan be diminished, as improvement in the knee motion may admit. In almost every case of partially contracted stumps, the gentle, coa, jstant. and painless tension which is brought upon the tendons wheistanding and walking, results in breaking up the contraction and illbringing about full knee extension in an incredibly short time. As tty 1tendons relax, the pads on which the stum
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 616. No. 617. normal lines as possible, and the wearer is capable of walking ami jstanding naturally. The stump rests on a pad, the thickness of whiclcan be diminished, as improvement in the knee motion may admit. In almost every case of partially contracted stumps, the gentle, coa, jstant. and painless tension which is brought upon the tendons wheistanding and walking, results in breaking up the contraction and illbringing about full knee extension in an incredibly short time. As tty 1tendons relax, the pads on which the stump rests can be diminished ;When the contraction has entirely disappeared, anew socket can b( jplaced on the leg, accommodating the stump after it has acquired fuliknee extension; or, in other words, the No. 617 leg can be convertedinto the No. 589 type. A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 89 Cut 618 represents the leg for contracted stump applied, wearer walk-ing. Cut No. 619 represents the same case, with wearer seated.
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