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

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

Collection:
Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Author(s):
Kimball & Lawrence (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Bryson & Son, printers, [1864?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Artificial Limbs
Arm
Leg
Rubber
Genre(s):
Advertisement
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
Extent:
18 p., [1] leaf of plates
Binding Note:
NLM copy: in blue publisher-issued wrappers.
Illustrations:
Illustrations and Plates
NLM Unique ID:
65170300R (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
14850654
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/65170300R