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 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

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���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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