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 *jecting sufficiently to be securely riveted to the hand. The fingers are next entirely covered with rawhide, which, together with the other precautions taken against breakage, make them sufficiently strong to support the weight of the wearer. See No. 300, page 64.

Partial Amputation of Hand

No. 301 (page 64) represents a stump after partial amputation of the hand, leaving free use of thumb, but it is with difficulty that this can be brought in contact with the remaining stump so as to be of service. No. 302 represents, for stumps of this description, a wooden sheath, terminating in immovable fingers partially closed, the hand being attached to the wrist and forearm by means of a leather lacing attachment. The sheath is covered with rawhide and enameled, and the fingers made as shown in No. 300. Price $40.

Should there be amputation at the base of two or three fingers only, with no impairment in the movements of the remaining one or two, so that they can be brought in firm contact with the thumb, what is left of such a mutilated hand is far more useful than anything that can possibly be made to supplement it, but to conceal the loss and give the hand a more perfect appearance, fingers can be made and applied as represented by No. 302, over which a glove should be worn.

Nos. 303 and 304 (page 64) show an apparatus useful in all kinds of labor for persons who have undergone a partial amputation of the hand. It consists of a leather sheath, laced to the forearm. Attached to the under surface of this sheath is a steel plate, which extends downward under the stump, turning up slightly at the end. At the end is an aperture through which it is possible to slip the handles of tools and implements, passing them