A Treatise On Marks Patent Artificial Limbs With Rubber Hands And Feet

Author : George Edwin Marks
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334521065
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise on Artificial Limbs With Rubber Hands and Feet written by George Edwin Marks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treatise on Artificial Limbs With Rubber Hands and Feet: Containing a Brief History of Prothesis, Descriptions of Rubber Feet and Artificial Legs, Rubber Hands and Artificial Arms, Apparatus for Deformities, Etc This book is a treatise on prothesis, in contradistinction to a pamphlet or catalogue. It is a dissertation on stumps, deformities, and the manner in which dismembered bodies are repaired by prothesis. The book is abundantly illustrated, in order to give clearness to the text. An effort has been made to parallel every possible case of amputation and deformity Of the extremities, or so nearly so as to convey with distinctness the methods that are to be adopted for their correction. Any person who is maimed in leg, arm, foot, or hand will be able to find a case almost identical with his own, and to learn how such case was prothetically treated. It is to be hoped that this book will dispel that gloom which naturally comes to one on whom misfortune has placed its baneful hand. To many persons the life Of a cripple is a blighted existence. The loss Of a leg or an arm is a sore bereavement, but the time has arrived when remedial measures are so effective that the loss Of a limb is to be regarded as a minor misfortune, not as serious as the impairment of health or the loss Of any one Of the senses. What has been done can be done again. The thousands Of limbless persons who have had their disabilities removed are but evidences that there is a bright future and an agreeable compensation for every af iction that may happen to the human extremities. The cuts are made from photographs taken from life. The collection Of photographs, the preparation Of cuts, and the arrangement Of material has been a task Of no mean dimensions. It has occupied a great amount Of time and consumed a great amount Of labor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."