Crutches
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Crutches
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Title: Now the crippled soldier can do his walking sitting down
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Caption: He sits in a swing as he hikes on his crutches and so dodges arm-strain
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extracted text (Extract Text)
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V\/OUNDED soldiers and ordinary
invalids who are compelled to
use crutches for long periods often suffer
from ‘‘erutch
paralysis,’’
caused by the
great strain
and the pressure
of the arm rests
of the crutches
upon the nerves
of the arm pits.
Two ways to
avoid this have
been devised re-
cently, in both
of which the in-
valid is enabled
to sit down
while he walks.
One of these
boons to the
erippled—shown
near the top ol this page—provides a
swinging seat suspended between the
crutches by chains or straps attached to
the lower side of the arm-supports. It is
the invention of Walter Clifford, of Lon-
don. The seat may be shaped like a
bicycle saddle, or may consist merely of
pads resting upon springs. The height
of the seat can be adjusted to suit the
user and the entire seating device can
be removed altogether when not
needed by taking it off the hooks.
By means of straps around the chest,
or over the shoulders, the crutches
may be secured to the body,
Teasing the invalid free to use his
arms and hands.
The other ingenious device
goes even further in that it not
only relieves the arms from
crutch strain, but enables
the user to exercise his legs
as much or as little as he
chooses. It is especially
designed for those who do
not have perfect control
of their legs. The weight
of the body rests either
on a padded spring seat or
on the shoulder supports,
and both are adjustable.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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Walter Clifford (inventor)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-08
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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203
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
Popular Science Monthly, v. 93, n. 2, 1918
