We illustrate here two methods of attaching the braces to the thigh piece, that which we use in the limb supplied by the Fédération (Figs. 24 and 25) and that which is used in the American limb of Marks (Figs. 26 and 27).
Fig. 26.—Braces which end below in looped thongs of leather.
Fig. 27.—These loops, held in to the thigh piece by passing beneath a loop of leather, pass over two pulleys about the middle of the inner and outer sides of the thigh piece respectively. The outer brace tends to abduct the limb if it is tightened.
C. Combined method of suspension.—If the stump is short the artificial limb must be attached both by a belt and by braces; the latter should be 5 to 6 centimetres wide.
Fig. 28.
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