Specification of Richard Archibald Brooman : artificial limbs.

  • Brooman, Richard Archibald.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Specification of Richard Archibald Brooman : artificial limbs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ceosby jBroomaris Improvements in the Manufacture of Artificial Limbs. adaptation of parts of which the same consists, that is to say, in so far as regards,— First, giving the thigh at its lower part a spherical shape, so that the second joint (e), when adapted thereto, shall play over the said sphere when the joint is put in motion, without causing any seam or opening to be made between 5 them. Second, the combination of the arm (v) and spring (w), with the thigh and second joint, as described. Third, the shaping of the foot and ankle, so that they shall produce, when put together, the peculiar joint described. 10 Fourth, the method of attaching the toe piece to the foot, by means of the hinge, seen in Figure 5. Fifth, the spring (r and s) for actuating the toe piece and foot, as described. Sixth, the tendon (u), in the position represented, or in the position repre- 15 sented in the dotted line, or in any similar position in which it is made to operate, as herein set forth. Seventh, the foot arrangements, independent of the thigh piece, when such are to be applied where amputations are made below the knee. And, Eighth, the metallic plates and bolts combining the thigh, leg, and foot, at 20 the articulations of the knee and ankle joints. In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have here¬ unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. R. A. (l.s.) BROOMAN. 25 AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, the aforesaid Richard Archibald Brooman came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above written. And also 30 the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose. Enrolled the Twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. LONDON: Printed by Geoege Edwaed Eyee and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. 1857.