Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-03
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS
The Leg Of Day and the Leg Of Tweu
ty Years Ago

The Leg OF To-Day and the Leg Of Tweu
ty Years Ago.
The manufacturer of these useful an
pendages said to new York reporter
"The leg of to-day is very differen
from that of twenty years ago. The.
it was heavy, loose.jointed, eumber
some, creaky affair. Every one remem
bers how easy it was to tell man with
an artificial leg as soon as he came
Within sight or hearing. The creakine
was perhaps the most disagreeable part
of the affair. That has been done
away with by means of one or two little
patented improvements The principal
one of these is a concealed screw at the
point of the leg and foot that enables
the wearer to stop the creaking at anv
time. Once upon time he would have
to send it back to the maker to have
the joints frightened and the cost would
have been SO. Now he can do it him
self without cent of cost. There is q
contrivance worked by band passing
down from the shoulder strap to throw
the leg forward as the leg moves This
is particularly useful to ladies, as it
pushes the skirts with no more effort
than the action of the natural limb NJ.
caslons. But above all, the support of
the body has been transferred to diff
ferent part Of the leg. Formerly, the
stump rested on cushion in the socket,
and the weight fell upon this sensitive
point Of contact. Now, by means of
steel braces, the region of contact is al
most entirely at either side of the
thigh, where there is, comparatively,
no sensitiveness. A man with an arti- c
fician leg nowadays can do almost any, g
thing that man with natural legs can. d
For instance, in this letter here a man p
writes that he has travelled horseback
and afoot thousands of miles over Wy
oming, Colorado, and Mexico on ene.n
"What provision is there for person
who lsses whole or part of an ARM" p
asked the reporter. u
The manufacturer stepped to a case 10
OF fiesh-colored artificial members and al
took gu: all ara. The hand was COW "
cred with ie1: act-6ttiEg glove. There
vas a -: to b. wssn BY wcmsn CT
hsre -7e-t 70 tvs one he se:sctad. Oh
~ Sf@, e14-.i @Aad W., creased il A nj
eng s1A2v-a9ttcac1 ghito kid glove. 20
- Eas to IS - ca5 os a white III
c5'S.4 / Il a.i.c'>-. :. 70 ths upper Pa. oe
Z 30 - -'so': i y. ri~-ht srla, clipped 81
/ band @vt I'D hissha 4iaors, ard then M
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rt'1tii 7csx. TAG ko too. cit and an
;. 81 TIA reg ortZc's tss, The artificial C.
as>ra hei@s z~orSed ~ na-.as of one
3o2fin7isra l. tho sock2s. he ais, se1
'-s-n 'a'i I-il CT open heck 80 hs.sre Z
III.
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. 1.'aoasr,e srt O. these erus.u he pra
Served; cbst if had 10 depend upon Les
= II .lc:1i FOR til ssnain1er ct NV due
p sCpooae inst world s,on ,sara vht
~ 70 make Ina best - it.u TIL, and
lR'- actin. upa;: the mechanism, in der
e socket, opeas and shuts the fcgers goir
Il n.s-e5 then, hola aai srsicI. de- the
co. The fla. ors am composed OF a road
'ei rke.asoc, covered will. soft India New
b7ef, well shaped, sns they iaye to j
tura! faslint.: to another person. One thi.
"a writes that he can draw and paint,
that he h5lds medal fer his draw II
trsm tae New Hampshire State LORD
Z. Another says that he can write (Oxt
u, as indeed his letters show. and
q send telegraph messages as an "n'e
'ratcr. appl
beware Of Jack Rabbits
IN excbang. .o,,s labor