New Walkeasy Foot and Ankle 25.00 New Wooden Foot 10.00 New Rubber Foot with rigid ankle 10.00 New Foot and Ankle; wooden foot with ankle joint, or rubber foot with rigid ankle 15.00 New Knee Joints 7.00 New Thigh Lacer, for amputation below the knee 3.00 Covering leg with rawhide and enameling, for thigh amputation 7.00 Covering leg with rawhide and enameling, for leg amputation 5.00 For other repairs, difficult of enumeration, a charge of 50 cents per hour will be made. PART III ARTIFICIAL ARMS The construction of artificial arms may be said to have commenced with the sixteenth century. “The distinguished Chevalier Göetz fought at the head of the army of Margrave Frederick from 1504 to 1562 with an artificial iron hand. The fingers of this hand were closed one after the other by the action of several springs. We are further informed that this hand, which possessed enormous weight, enclosed the stump, and was attached to the armor which covered the body.” During the sixteenth century many very defective artificial arms were made, which, however, served the purpose for which they were intended, as they enabled the wearers to engage in battle, guide their horses, etc. The artificial hand being once attached to the weapon or bridle rein, mechanism for articulating the fingers was not deemed necessary. Ambrose Parè, a noted French physician, born in 1500, and called the father of French surgery, describes an artificial hand made of iron, with more perfect mechanism than the one worn by Göetz; in this hand the thumb is immovable and all the fingers are opened and closed simultaneously under the influence of a single spring.