Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1917 — LIMBS MADE OF CARDBOARD [ARTICLE]

LIMBS MADE OF CARDBOARD

Artificial leq, Invented by Danish Doctor, Enables Wearer to Walk Soon After Amputation. , A Danish, doctor at a hospital In Paris has Invented a cardboard leg which enables the wearer to go about without pFutchos two Hmb has been amputated. The materials used are two sheets of cardboard about three-sixteenth of an Inch thick, and bandages soaked In a starch solution. After careful measurements have been taken the cardboard is cut into what looks like two peg-tops, which after being soaked in the bath fold round each other and are secured with bandages. The principle Is that of an egg In a cup, and the patient can wear the leg long before the wound Is completely healed. He can thus get air and exercise, which It is usually Impossible to obtain at this phase of his convalescence; also he has to suffer none-of-the Inconvenience of crutches, a stick sufficing for his needs. The leg, properly treated, lasts from six months to a year, by which time a permanent artificial limb is ready to be fitted.