Manual of artificial limbs : artificial toes, feet, legs, fingers, hands, arms, for amputations and deformities, appliances for excisions, fractures, and other disabilities of lower and upper extremities, suggestions on amputations, treatment of stumps, history, ... an exhaustive exposition of prothesis.

Marks, George E. (George Edwin), 1853-1932

Date:: 1910

Credit: Manual of artificial limbs : artificial toes, feet, legs, fingers, hands, arms, for amputations and deformities, appliances for excisions, fractures, and other disabilities of lower and upper extremities, suggestions on amputations, treatment of stumps, history, ... an exhaustive exposition of prothesis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Preface . « 3 Introduction . 15 CHAPTER I How We Walk. On natural feet . 17 On artificial feet with ankle-joints . . . , .19 On spring mattress rubber feet without ankle-joints . 19 CHAPTER II Artifical Feet, Their Construction and Relative Merits. The rubber foot 21 The spring mattress . ....... 21 Contrasts . . . 24 The sponge rubber foot ....... 24 The pneumatic foot 24 The wood foot . 24 The ankle-joint rubber foot . . . . . . 25 The felt foot . . . ...... 25 Ankle joints when ordered 26 CHAPTER III Partial Feet Amputations. Single-toe amputations 27 Amputations at base of toes 27 Instep amputations . 28 Ill-advised prothesis . 28 Objections . . 29 Practical prothesis . . » . . » . 31 Retracted heels . 33 Aluminum sockets . 35

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