The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-04-25

Important to tho Citizens Of This
| state Who Have Lost Their Legs
During the Recent War.
For the purpose Of carrying into ef.
feet the provisions of IAN Act entitled
AN Act to provide Artificial Legs for
all citizens of the State who have lost
their legs during the recent WARP an.
proved December goth, 1866, I caused
notice to be published to all Mann.
fsctarers Of Artificial Limbs, to exhibit
their specimens in the city of Columbia
on the fourth Monday in March, and
appointed Board of Surgeons, com,
posed Of Doctors A. N. Talley, Robert
w. Gibbes and B. w. Taylor, to ex,
anime the various specimens submitted.
They unanimously reconme ended the
Army and Navy Leg" of DR.. Bly,
and his Anatomical Leg" as combin,
ing moro advantages than any others
exhibited (; and /, therefore, concluded
a contract with DIR. Bly,, to furnish the
citizens Of this State with the Army
and Navy Leg" at the price of $74.85
each, which amount is TO be paid by
the State.
The cost Of DR.. Bly's anatomical ball
and socket ,jointed leg preeluded me
from contracting for it, because the sum
appropriated by the Legislature was in
sufficient to have furnished that leg to
each citizen nevertheless, each person
who chooses TO do so, may, by paying
DIR. bly, from his own means, the ad.
ditional sum Of 1855, secure this more
perfect limb, the cost Of which is $3.50.
His office viii be located in Charles.
ton, and but one trip is necessary to be
made there for tire purpose of having
the limb properly adjusted to the stump.
Before its delivery, each leg will be in.
spec,ed by a competent person.
TO procure leg, he following rules
have been adopted:
l. No person, other than a citizen oI
, this State, i, entitled, under the Act oI
the Legislature, to receive an artificial
leg.
! 2. The person applying, must appear
5 before the CIe:k Of the Court for the
, District in which he resides. and satisfy
that officer that he is a citizen, that he
; lost his leg during the recent war, and
, is embraced within the provisions o
the hc; Of the Assembly aforesaid. The
Clerk will thereupon give such person
an original and duplicate certificate
under the seal of the Court, certifying
that the party is entitled 10 receive a
leg.
8. The Clerks of the Courts have
had forwarded to them blank forms for
measuring the stump. Each citizen
) will procure two Of these on obtaining
his certificates. After carefully making
the measurements, az directed 10 the
form, he will enclose the original cer-
titicate and measurement to DR.. Doug.
} lass BLY,, Charleston, S. G
The duplicate certificate he will re-
; tain in his possession, until he receives
r no,ics'that his personal presence is re
qn;red, at DR.. Blys office, for the pur
} pose of adjusting the leg to the stump.
Upon exhibiting this certificate to the
, conductors Of the several railroads OF
the State, they will doubtless give him
free transportation, going and returning,
one time, the Legislature having in the
Act requested the Railroad Companies
10 furnish transportation free OF cost,
and each conductor will make such en-
dorsemen! upon the certificate as will
prevent it from being fraudulently used
again by the same or any other person.
DR.. bly, will notify persons at wha,
time it will be necessary for them to at.
tend at his Office in Charleston for the
purpose Of fitting the leg to the stump
AS two hundred and fifty or more
artificial limbs are to be supplied, cons
siderable time will necessarily be con.
sumed in their manufacture, and you
are requested to practice patience in
what may seem to you an unreasonable
delay in procuring your limb.
) DR.. BLY, advises, that unless some
pressing emergency exists, the new leg
should not be fitted to the stump du-
ring the warm season, and that the pa.
tient himself will be most likely to OBJ
tain. q, satisfactory result by awaiting
the return Of cool weather.
| The Clerks Of the Court will be en-
titled to charge their fees for their off
cial certificate, but il 10 presumed that
they will, under the circumstances,
cheerfully render The service gratui,
tously. JAMES L. ORR,
| Governor OF South Carolina.