New-York tribune., 1900-12-02
MAKING ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
THEY ARE NOW so PERFECTED THAT THEY
CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED
FROM THE REAL
From The Chicago Chronicle.

From The Chicago Chronicle
They making artificial limbs so cleverly these
ever suffered the trtfing embarrassment Of losing
q leg or two or even an arm; They put in such
the wearers Of these improved legs dance gayly
to the makeup of their limbs There is man IN
a downtown ONCE wearing artificial leg and foot
the knee-who jumps six feet forward in a sprightly
manner just 10 show what he can 90 when the
up a two hundred pound man in his arms and hold
him easily and dance Jig with his rubber loot
and willow limb. de would just as soon haze an
artificial leg and foot as not There Is one ad:aa-
never suffers with corns or chilosins lie quit
2 poker game at any stage without being accused
though Just why grig should be happy is one OF
the thinss no fellow can m md out .,,
his hands and looked at il With critical eye. 80
shingle cannot make artificial limbs properly
You a's see they 20 at the business in blundeTing
way, and Try to turn out legs as eheapiy as s pos
Everything lies in the fitting OF the stamp. Ths
ftting in such a way that il will not bother the
man who wears it. The making of bad legs is what
going Here the lmbmaker paused moment to
see whether that shot had , found target
owing 10 accidents and az amputations for ore ore
sold were fit to wear permanently The business
would be pretty slack The fact is that two-thirds
unsatisfactory and their purchasers come here and
throw them away Wv when & they & get new & ones o
OF artificial legs OF all makes patents and
them had evidently been worn but a short time.
Feel the weight Of that" he said. handing
metal. 1t fell TO the floor with a clank like that
Of a bushel Of coal
thing Ike that?' he asked Now in here I'll show
cabinet It were ere haif dozen i new limbs ali Of ne
fnts But they Certainly We're light limb which
intended to be strapped around the hip fo- an
OF chips. II made Of willow, pared very thia
g MIm aeI bs fant was ~ 1b5er nrn bc
flexible, and the knee and ankle joints worked as
THAT is the leg that ! got that certificate fo:L
said the limb W9ReF pointing to framed cd seT{a a
the artificial limbs made by this manufacturer were
VERY. few Of the old fashioned wooden stunps
made now he went on. "Of course, some peo-
them themselves. They take couple of pieces Q:
weight. good leg; one OF the kind showed you
in there. is worth about 800 OF course, this price
worth it, They must be itted with a care sad
skill which come only from experience, and i Is
There has been a great advance in the making
OF a1uhela nIIDs IA me lsst % oeeoe Oie az my, Toost
impossible TO detect the presence OF hrst clas5
Of aluminium and OF wood. but think the rubbe:
feet the only perfect ones made. They bene
and give 10 the steps OF a man walking when
"A funny thing about false legs" went on t:r
builder OF underpinnng, 'fs the prevalence OF the
term cork leg Now as a matter OF fact. there ts
Cork would not do for leg-it would cruInoIs
away. II never used fcf the purpose shp
cannot imagine how that expression originated out
right along you hear people talking about some
boSv with a cork leg The legs made or VIZ
low because il light and very strong. We gel u
in blocks as you see. and make every leg TO order
~ ,nnsT he much more carefully fitted and meas
ured than a pair of shoes suit OF clothes Tor
the ieasr thing out of the way Will trritate thss
stnu,p AGAIN. often have 10 deal with bao
northumberland the surgical work was not
,,-orrsrIv done-and that makes lots Of trouble
false leg will last from eightsto fifteen years
depending upon the character OF the work dohe -
service OF course. II will out sooner. IKE
anvthinF else. Here is a photograph of a boy; YOU
see with both legs amputated below the hIse 1e
Here is standing up with pair or false sss Iss
Tbat how Is now a telegraph operator in KANSAS
ard ne plays baseball as We'll as the best or tnsi