Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1891 — Artificial Limbs. [ARTICLE]

Artificial Limbs.

One of New York’s latest artificial limb dealers makes tho startling statement that 100 people per day are maimed in tho United States. Then lie gives us some interesting figures about artificial limbs lie says that 85 per cent of thorn are legs, and 15 per cont. arms. Of tho legs 49 per cent,, are right, 4fi per cent left, and 5 per cent. both right and loft Seventy-eight per cent of legs are of males, 23 per cent of females. Females are more disposed to lose their right legs than their left.