. A treatise on Marks' patent artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet. No. 293. No 294. been afflicted with this deformity (37 years) I have never found relief have been operated upon, surgically, three times during my life, the TendonAchilles cut each time, with no favorable result. At times I have been com-pelled to use a crutch, and always a cane, upon which I took much of myweight. , Since I have been using the apparatus, my walk has improved almost to per-fection, and my comfort more than I can express in words. I now walk withcomparative ease, sometimes using a cane, more fr
. A treatise on Marks' patent artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet. No. 293. No 294. been afflicted with this deformity (37 years) I have never found relief have been operated upon, surgically, three times during my life, the TendonAchilles cut each time, with no favorable result. At times I have been com-pelled to use a crutch, and always a cane, upon which I took much of myweight. , Since I have been using the apparatus, my walk has improved almost to per-fection, and my comfort more than I can express in words. I now walk withcomparative ease, sometimes using a cane, more from force of habit thannecessity. , , , I only wish it had been applied years ago. I should thereby have saved my- A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 371 self much distress and suffering, as well as mortification. Nothing could reachmy case to do me any good but your elastic rubber foot, that comes in here socomplete, where there is no room for a joint (if one was needed, even in anycase). My nearly two years experience with this apparatus has fixed me upso co
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