The Triumph of Prosthesis, 1903
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Description
Heading: (Medical - Prosthetics)
Author: Rowley, J.F.
Title: An Illustrated Treatise on Artificial Legs (cover title: The Triumph of Prosthesis)
Place Published: Chicago
Publisher:[J.F. Rowley]
Date Published: 1903
Description:
Author: Rowley, J.F.
Title: An Illustrated Treatise on Artificial Legs (cover title: The Triumph of Prosthesis)
Place Published: Chicago
Publisher:[J.F. Rowley]
Date Published: 1903
Description:
Illustrated with half-tones from photographs. Brown cloth lettered in gilt with a gilt shield bearing an artificial leg insignia. First Edition.
A scarce work unlisted in OCLC/WorldCat. J.F. Rowley was the inventor of patent wax sockets, patent sponge rubber feet, a patent knee joint, and a patent ball bearing roller suspender. His company has lasted to the present day. The catalog highlights the advantages of Rowley's products with amputees riding bicycles, walking staircases, doing calisthenics, and striking bizarre poses with the prosthetics.
Condition
Light rubbing at extremities, some scuffing to cloth; front hinge just starting from foot; very good.
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The Triumph of Prosthesis, 1903
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