. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 1120. No. 1121. be inserted in the crease cut by the string, and by a little prying motionthe mold will separate and can be removed from the stump, as repre-sented in Cut 1120. The two parts should be thoroughly oiled on the 29S A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. insides. then put together; a strong cord should be passed aroundthem, aud a little plaster spread down each side and around the bot-tom so as to seal the seam. After this is done, enough plaster shouldbe mixed to fill the mold. It should be thinner than be
. A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ... No. 1120. No. 1121. be inserted in the crease cut by the string, and by a little prying motionthe mold will separate and can be removed from the stump, as repre-sented in Cut 1120. The two parts should be thoroughly oiled on the 29S A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. insides. then put together; a strong cord should be passed aroundthem, aud a little plaster spread down each side and around the bot-tom so as to seal the seam. After this is done, enough plaster shouldbe mixed to fill the mold. It should be thinner than before, and pouredinto the mold very slowly. See Cut No. 1121. After the mold hasbeen filled it should be laid aside for two or three hours. The shellcan then be broken off, and the cast obtained will be a fac-simile ofthe stump. This method is especially adapted to knee-joint, ankle-joint, foot, elbow-joint, wrist-joint, and part of hand amputations. PLASTER BANDAGE METHOD. An excellent method for taking a plaster cast of a flabby stump, or astump that has to
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