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Title: Popular science monthly
Year: 1872 (1870s)
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Subjects: Science
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Cases of guns, rifles,and other firearmsor ammun it ionwere stowed awayin double bottoms,decks and bulk-heads, as shownabove. To the leftis illustrated themethod of conceal-ing cotton in the cen-ter of barrels of Hour (ioi Exercisinor Machines for Wounded Soldiers
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An uncomfortable position? Yes,but better this for a little whileevery day than a hip thatwont work. Stiffness resultingfrom hip wounds is stubborn butit will yield to this treatment.As the wheel rotates, the footdescribes a circle, moving onlya few inches at a time at first At right: Hand wounds,where fingers will notstraighten out, are treated bya machine operated by pedal,weight and pulley. The handis strapped to a shelf and thefingers to a sliding boardwhich gently draws themout as the patient pedals Above: Limbering up stiff-ened wrists by sitting in achair and pedaling. Thewrists are fastened to hingedhand-boards from whichweighted cords extend to pul-leys attached to the ceiling.From the underside of thehand-board are bars whichconnect with a pedal below In oval at top: Exercising legmuscles from the ankle to thehip. The foot is strapped to awooden disk which is revolvedby pedaling with the sound leg.Note the cord running over therim of the disk, and the weightwhich is attached

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