On artificial limbs : their construction and application / by Henry Heather Bigg.

  • Bigg, Heather (Henry Robert Heather), 1853-1911.
Date:
1855
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On artificial limbs : their construction and application / by Henry Heather Bigg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PART I. Preface . ..... v CHAPTEE I. Mechanism applied as a substitute for natural limbs —Anatomical form, condition, and required mechani- cal length of stump—Province of the mechanician, &c. —Artificial leg above knee—New and important prin- ciple in the form of bucket or stump-sheath—Bucket, or common wooden leg—Kneeling leg . . 1 CHAPTER II. Legs above knee—Point where the weight of body should rest—Line of gravity in the stump—Artificial limbs obedient to natural mechanical law—Case in illustration of contracted stump—Successful applica- tion of artificial leg, and letter from the patient 1 ]