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Artificial Limbs · Auguste Broca — chapter 28 of 32 · ~194 words · public domain

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Combined mechanism for knee and ankle joints, 55

Combined suspension for artificial leg, 26

Condyles of femur, amputation through the, 60

Convertible peg leg, 58

Deltoid muscle, amputation through the, 143

Duplex foot, 54

Elbow joint, for above elbow amputations, 133 for below elbow amputations, 91 for below elbow amputations, short stumps, 95 for worker's arm, 139

Elephant boot, 79

Equilibrium in an artificial leg, 35

Federation leg, 33

Flexed knee, walking upon the, 66

Foot, construction, 35 with movable ankle, 50 with lateral mobility, 54

Foot, partial amputation of the, 81

Fork rest, Raynal's, 109

Frees' foot and knee, 57

Gripouilleau, vine-dresser's hook, 112 agricultural hook and ring, 124, 126 ploughman's hand, 141

Guyon's amputation, 78

Hip joint, disarticulation at the, 64

Hook and ring, agricultural, 124 Boureau's, 124

Index finger, length of, 102

Knee extending mechanism, 37 artificial muscle, 37 extending sling, 43 combined with ankle movement, 55

Knee joint, amputation through the, 60

Knee joint, for amputation through the leg, 73

Leather-cutter's hand, 116

Leg bucket, shape of, 67 material, 68

Marks' leg, 34 knee joint, 41 braces, 45

Materials for bucket, 3 for artificial arms, 84

Nové Josserand, 145, 151

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