Brief instructions in the use of the perfect adjuster / by Zimri Hussey ; engravings by N.H. Taylor, Chillicothe, Ohio.

  • Hussey, Zimri.
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Brief instructions in the use of the perfect adjuster / by Zimri Hussey ; engravings by N.H. Taylor, Chillicothe, Ohio. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    EXPLAINED AND I1IUSTEATED BY ENGRAVINGS. Two methods of putting up the Adjuster, for sale, have been adopted, as represented in the figures 1 and 2. The first (fig. 1) is constituted of two double-inclined planes, <z, a, with movable foot pieces attached, b, b; the inclined planes are connected at their upper ends with a seat piece, c, with a back, i, supported at any degree of inclination by braces. [FIGURE I.] g, g, and a rest for the head, / Crutches, e, e, are attached to the sides of the seat, capable of being lengthened, shortened or removed, at pleasure. Two semi-circular metallic braces, i, i, for inclosing the hips, are placed upon the seat piece, near the front edge, secured by bolts passing through it and the upper ends of the inclined planes. These braces can be made fast at a greater or less distance apart—are concave on their outer faces for the purpose of receiving straps, that inclose each