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Identifier: treatiseonartif00mark (find matches)
Title: A treatise on artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: (Marks, George Edwin), 1853-1932. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Artificial limbs
Publisher: New York city, A. A. Marks
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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governs the extent to which the con-cealment can be carried. It is not always possible for the subject todetermine the greatest angle of endurance of the foot, and as this isan important matter, it should be considered necessary for the subjectto confer with us personally, and permit us to determine that point.This is more important with a gentleman than with a lady, as the lady 148 A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. can conceal the appliance by her skirts more readily than a man canby his trousers. Cut No. 764 represents an undeveloped left leg, the entire limbconsiderably atrophied and the joints weak, caused by infantileparalysis. Cut No. 765 represents an artificial leg expressly designed for thesame. The deformed leg is received in the socket and laced in place,the foot dropped to the angle of toleration. The thigh piece encases thethigh and the knee-joints support the knee. A rubber foot is placed atthe extremity of the artificial member which completes the structure
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No. 766. No. 767. No. 768. and provides a means that enables the wearer to walk without the aidof canes or crutches and without any perceptible limp. Shortened and paralyzed legs are frequently accompanied with totalloss of the power of extension and flexion in the knee joints. In suchcases, the mechanism of the artificial knee joints are provided withlocks that hold the knees rigid when standing or walking. The jointsare capable of being unlocked to admit of flexion when sitting. Cut No. 766 represents a shortened, weakened, and atrophied leg, theresults of hip joint disease in youth. Cuts Nos. 767 and 768 representthe same case, with brace and extension applied. The structure con-sists of a socket that encases the leg, knee joints that support the knee,thigh piece that takes support about the thigh, and a rubber foot that isplaced under the deformed natural foot in order to obtain the properheight. A. A. MARKS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, NEW YORK CITY. 149 Cut No. 769 represents a right leg

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