The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-03-08
Artificial Limbs,

| I'VE see some queer cases once in q
while, manufacturer said. 1.-THE
other day young Swede came in here,
and had an. artificial limb put on below
the knee. his leg having been amputated
there. Without hesitation he walked
away, but returned in the afternoon, say
ing that the leg hurt him. I asked if he
had walked much, and he said that he
hadn't. He had only gone to Twenty
second street, and carried trunk to the
Van Buren, street depot, snd then
tramped over to Lincoln park. I told
him a well mans good leg would have
needed rest after that tramp. The
youngest child to whom I ever fitted a
limb was q school boy only five years
old whose leg was cut off close to the
hip. He is the liveliest boy in the
school to-day, uses no cane or crutch,
and makes all his playmates chary of
getting within range of the wooden foot
when he becomes angry. Another mau
had both legs cut off by railroad train
two years ago, and when he came the
other day to have his artificial legs re-
paired 1 found that he had been skat-
ing. He said he found no difficulty in
doing so. I have frequently known my
customers to have become quite pro-
ficient as dancers. Only the other day
man came in here and said he wanted
to have an artificial leg repaired. He
began dancing and asked me to guess
which leg was the artificial one. I
watched him, and said it was the right
one. He said 1 was right, but pulled up
his trousers and showed me that both
l.. l., a. al Tho o1Joct n
I ever treated was ~ years of age. I fit
ted him with the left leg, which was cut
off above the knee. There is a mistake
made by the public, who think that the
bearing is on the end of the stump. 1t
is not. 1t is on the sides of the stump
above the end"
"Do you have much trade with wo-
menu"
VERY little. 1t i, seldom that a
woman loses her legs. We have, how
ever, considerable trade with them in
remedying shortened limbs. Not a few
women are born with shortened limb,
and we fix that by an artificial leg, the
calf of which contains the deformed
foot. There was a colored woman here
while ago to whom we fitted an arm
and leg. She is about 40 years old :,
and does her own cooking and house
work"
Glow about fingers and toes?"
"We do something in that line. A
pos'oflice employee has an artificial foot l
made, and railroad conductor has a
wooden toe. There's one l made which
he wouldn't have. 1 made flesh col
ored rubber finger for piano player
who had a short finger. He puts it on
only when he plays"
Mrs. Dawson Damar, an English lady
| Of rank, who travelled extensively some
years ago made unique collection OF
locks of hair of Prime nobilities. At
Alexandria she begged lock from Me-
hemet Ali, who said that in a collection
containing Neilsen's, Napoleon's and
Wellington's, his was unworthy to be
included, but that if she thought other
wise he would leave q request to Ibra.
him Pasha to present her with his beard
| Che had no hair on his head and if she
did not outlive him it was to descend
to the son or daughter who inherited her
collection. His secretary took the names
of her children. Mehemet was gran
doise figure compared to the pigmy
Khedive of to-day.
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