Manual of artificial limbs : copiously illustrated ... an exhaustive exposition of prothesis.

Date:
1914
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Credit: Manual of artificial limbs : copiously illustrated ... an exhaustive exposition of prothesis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    with ankle articulations, for cords, springs and bolts require space needed by the stumps. As metal becomes corroded by the exudations of the stumps, wood is the only material which will withstand these destructive agencies. Ordinary and Short Tibial Stumps.—No difficulties attend the fitting of an artificial leg to a tibial stump reaching to any point Cut E 17. ^§ Cut E 18. between the junction of the middle and lower thirds and the knee, when the knee joint is mobile to not less than two-thirds of the normal range. Cuts E 9 to E 16 are typical below-knee stumps of a variety of lengths and conditions relative to flaps, cicatrices, etc. The location of the cicatrices and the character of the flaps hav^ little importance in non-end-bearing stumps. Artificial Leg for Tibial Stump.—A leg suitable for a stump of two inches or more in length, with the knee articulating through a range of 90 degrees or more, is shown in Cut E 17. Cut E 18 shows it applied with the wearer standing. Cut E 19 shows it with the wearer seated. The action of the knee joint is clearly presented.