Much ingenuity has been expended on the design of mechanical artificial hands, with results which are satisfactory so far as they go, but which require much further development before the hand can possibly replace even a few of the appliances which can be substituted for it. For this reason it should be made an invariable rule that the artificial hand, however ingenious and however apparently perfect it may be, should be detachable, so that it may be replaced by other appliances.

R. C. E.

CONTENTS

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION[v]
PREFACE[xiii]
INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH EDITION[xv]
CHAPTER I
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB[1]
CHAPTER II
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FITTING FOR THE LOWER LIMB[6]
CHAPTER III
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR AMPUTATIONS THROUGH THE THIGH[12]
I. Apparatus with bearing upon the ischium[12]
1. The shape of the top of the bucket[13]
2. Mode of suspension[21]
3. Walking on a peg leg and similar appliances[28]
4. Walking with free flexion of the knee[33]
II. Limbs without bearing upon the ischium[60]
CHAPTER IV
ARTIFICIAL LIMB FOR DISARTICULATION AT THE HIP JOINT[64]
CHAPTER V
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS WITH FREE KNEE JOINT FOR AMPUTATION THROUGH THE LEG[66]
I. Appliances with bearing upon the tuberosities of the tibia[67]
II. Appliances with end bearing only[77]
CHAPTER VI
PARTIAL AMPUTATIONS OF THE FOOT[81]
CHAPTER VII
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR AMPUTATION THROUGH THE FOREARM[84]
I. Points of attachment[85]
II. Elbow joint[90]
III. The artificial hand and appliances[96]
A. The artificial hand[97]
B. Appliances for use in place of the hand[108]
CHAPTER VIII
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR AMPUTATION THROUGH THE ARM[129]
I. Artificial arm[132]
II. Worker's arm[138]
CHAPTER IX
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR DISARTICULATION THROUGH THE SHOULDER JOINT AND AMPUTATION THROUGH THE DELTOID MUSCLE[143]
CHAPTER X
SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN THE RE-EDUCATION OF THE DISABLED[145]
INDEX[159]

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS

CHAPTER I