The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-24
Artificial Legs.

Artificial Legs.
We publish the following notice for the
benefit of the citizens of this State who
have lost their legs during the recent
war:
For the purpose of carrying into effect
the provisions Of an Act entitled can (
Act to provide Artificial Legs for all citi-
zens OF the State who have lost their legs
during the recent war;" approved De-
cember 20; 1866, / caused notice to be
published tb all manufacturers of artif-
ciaI limbs, to exhibit their specimens in
the city Of Columbia, on the fourth Mon: !
day in March, and appointed a Board of.
Surgeons, composed OF Drs. A. N. Talley,
Robert w. Gibbes and B. w. Taylor, to
examine the various specimens submitted:
They unanimously recommended the
.sArmy and Navy Leg" Of DR.. BLY,, and
his ..Anatomical Leg" as combining moro
advantages than any Others exhibited.
and I, therefore, concluded q contract
with DR.. BLY,, to furnish the citizens Of
this. State with the s..Army and Navy
Lag,a at the price of S74:65 each, which .
amount is to be paid by the State:
The cost of DIR. Blys anatomical ball
and socket:ointed leg precluded me from
contracting TOT 1t. because the sum apprc'.
priated by the Legislature was insufficient
to have furnished that leg to eanh citizen;
nevertheless, each person who chooses to.
do so, may, by paying DR.. Bly, from his
own means-the additional sum OF 81 5. 80;
secure this more perfect limb, the cost of
which is $780,.
His Office will be located in Charleston;
and but one trip is necessary to be made
there for the purpose of having the limb
properly adjusted to the stump. Before
its delivery, each leg will be inspected. by
competent person.: ).
10 procure leg; the following rules
have been adopted:
1. No person .other than citizen Of
this State, is entitled, under the Act of
the Legislature, to receive an artifcial
3. fhe person applying must appear
before the Clerk Of the Court for the Dis.
trict in which he resides; and satisfy that
officer that he is citizen that be lost
his leg during the recent war; and is en-
braced within the provisions of the Act
of 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 en-;
titled to receive d leg;
8. The Clerks of ths Courts have had
forwarded to them blank fol ms for meas:
uring the stump. Each citizen. will pre-
cure two of these on obtaining hiscertifi-
cate: After carefully making the meas:
urements, as directed in the form, he will
enclose the original certificate and meas
urements to Dr. Douglas Bly,, Charlestcn;
S. G.. !,
Tie duplicate Certificate he will retain
in his possession, until be receives notice
shat his personal presence is required, at
DR.. Blv's office, for the purpose of ad;
justng the leg to the stump: Upon ex-
hibting this certificate to the conductors
of the several railroads of the State, they
will doubtless give him free transporta-
ton, going and returning, one time, the
Legislature having in the Act requested
the railroad companies to furnish trans
portation free of cost, and each conductor
will make such endorsement upon, the
certificate as will prevent it from being
fraudulently used again BY the same Of
anv other person:
DR.. BLY, will notify persons at what
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 fifsy or more ar
tifcial limbs are to be supplied, consldera-
BILE time will necessarily be consumed IN
their manufacture, and you are requested
to practice patience in what may SEEM lss
to You an unreasonable delay inproeplsng
your limb. 81 ,,ro,.
DR.. Bly, advises, that unlesssomeI y pres pre-
sing emergency exists,stbsnew leg should
mot he fitted TO tho stump during the
wa wa, srm ~ seasop,rnad that the patient him
self If wiukbsmost likely to obtain salts.
factory result by awaiting the return OF
cool weather.
Tho Clerks of the Court will be entl;a
tied to charge their fees for their otflclal
certificate, but it is presumed thatsthey
will, under the circumstances, cheeriuiiy
render the service gratuitously.
JAMES L. ORR,
Governor of South Carolina.
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