106 TbaNSACTIONS of the AifERICAN INSTITUTE. 



REPORT OF JUDGES ON ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. 



To the Board of Managers : 



Gentlemkn.— The undersigned, judges in department three, group 

 five, division two, report that tliej have carefully and impartially 

 examined the several competing articles submitted to tliem. The 

 best article of those intended to accomplish the same object is men- 

 tioned first, and the remaining articles of the same class in tlieir 

 relative order of merit. 



While we have deemed it unnecessary to point out what seemed 

 to us defects in any article, we have, on the other hand, stated in 

 brief terms the commendable qualities in those which have received 

 our highest approval, w^hich are not only the best on exhibition, but 

 equal or better than any elsewhere known to us, 



No. 44. Artificial Limhs.— A. A. Marks, 575 Broadway, New- 

 York. 



Best. This limb is constructed with an India-rubber foot, which, 

 from its elasticity, does away with the necessity of motion at the 

 ankle-joint, and also obviates entirely that heavy thumping sound 

 when the foot strikes the ground in walking; an objection which 

 exists in all other artificial legs which the committee have any know- 

 ledge of. The control which the wearer has over it, and its move- 

 ments so closely resembling those of the natural limb, as well as the 

 small cost of keeping it in repair (almost nothing), entitle it to the 

 highest commendation. 



No. 37. Artificial Limhs. — Monroe & Gardiner, 413 Canal street, 

 New York. 



Although the committee place this limb second in order of merit, 

 they would state that its claims are very close with those of its com- 

 petitor, and they take pleasure in bearing testimony to its excellence. 

 Among the noticeable features whicb presents, is the mode by which 

 it is fastened to the stump, wdiereby the soft tissues are partly drawn 

 down below the end of the bone, which renders the sides of the stump 

 more firm, and reduces the amount of motion between it and the 



