Peg leg
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A peg leg is a prosthesis, or artificial limb, fitted to the remaining stump of a human leg, especially a wooden one fitted at the knee.[1] Its use dates to antiquity.[2]
History
By the late 19th century, prosthetics vendors would offer peg legs as cheaper alternatives to more intricate, lifelike artificial legs.[3] Even as vendors touted advantages of more complicated prostheses over simple peg legs,[3] according to a contemporary surgeon, many patients found a peg leg more comfortable for walking.[4] According to medical reports, some amputees were able to adjust to the use of a peg leg so well that they could walk 10, or even 30, miles in one day.[5]
Nowadays, wooden peg legs have been replaced by more modern materials, though some sports prostheses do have the same form.[6]
Notable peg leg wearers
- François Le Clerc (died 1563), privateer
- Cornelis Jol, (1597–1641), privateer and Dutch West India Company admiral
- Peter Stuyvesant (1612–1672), Dutch Director-General of New Amsterdam[7]
- Blas de Lezo (1687–1741), Spanish admiral
- Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816), American politician
- Brook Watson (1735–1807), Lord Mayor of London
- Pierre Daumesnil (1776–1832), French general
- Józef Sowiński (1777–1831), Polish General
- Billy Waters (1778–1823), aka Black Billy, former African American slave, then sailor in the British Navy until he became an amputee. Also a busker of prolific merit.
- Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian linguist
- Thomas L. Smith (1801–1866), American mountain man
- Albert Chmielowski (1845–1916), Polish artist, founder of the Albertine Brothers and Sisters, saint of the Catholic Church
- Robert McAlpin Williamson (1804?–1859), nicknamed "Three-legged Willie", Republic of Texas Supreme Court Justice, state lawmaker, and Texas Ranger
- Kushibiki Yumindo (1859?–1924), Japanese impresario
- Peg Leg Bates (1907–1998), dancer
- Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson) (1911–1977), American blues musician
- Bill Veeck (1914–1986), American baseball executive
- Joe "Pegleg" Morgan (1929–1993), first non-Hispanic member of the Mexican Mafia, an American criminal organization
References
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Further reading
Books
- Murdoch, George and Wilson, A. Bennett (1998) A primer on amputations and artificial limbs C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, Template:ISBN
- Pitkin, Mark R. (2009) Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics Springer verlag, New York, Template:ISBN
- Seymour, Ron (2002) Prosthetics and orthotics: lower limb and spinal Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Template:ISBN
- Warren, D. W. (2001) James Gillingham: surgical mechanist & manufacturer of artificial limbs Somerset Industrial Archaeology Society, Taunton, England, Template:ISBN
Articles
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- Reeves, Nicholas (1999) "New lights on ancient Egyptian prosthetic medicine" In: Davies, W. V. (editor) (1999) Studies in Egyptian Antiquities. A Tribute to T.G.H. James British Museum Press, London, pp. 73–77, Template:ISBN
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