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6. Monroe & Gardiner's imperishable raw hide artificial limbs: patented March 15 and October 11, 1864, and July 25, 1865 : the lightest, strongest, and most durable of anything of the kind ever invented, the body of the leg, the joints and tendons, in fact the whole structure is something entirely new and simple

9. Vulcanite rubber artificial limbs, arms and legs, moulded from life in form: adjustable sockets, lock-knee joint, slight lateral motion in ankle, corrugated side-knee joint, frictionless toe joint, velvet finish, and warranted of one-third less weight and twice as durable as the best wooden legs in use : without a string or ligament in arm or leg, all levers perfectly water proof