From Logs to Legs: — Converting the Limbs That 



At the right is 

 shown a pile of Eng- 

 Hsh willow wood, 

 the principal raw 

 material of the arti- 

 ficial-limb industry 

 founded in Wash- 

 ington D. C, by a 

 Civil War veteran 

 who had lost a leg 



Photos © Int. FUm Surv. 



The illustration above shows the first step — the sawing of the logs into pieces of various 

 shapes before they are put away to season. Only wood thoroughly seasoned is used for limbs 



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