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Show American Manufacturers Meet Big Demand For Artificial Limbs Tlio high cost of legs is troubling two European governments. That Is, the high cost of American made artificial ar-tificial legs. Therefore, though A. S. Hanger, of J. E, Hanger, Inc., Wash Ington, has been In Paris and London for many months and tins sold thou-,, sands of wooden legs for crippled European soldiers, only recently has he landed n contract from the Brit-lth Brit-lth government. The French government gov-ernment has not yet purchased as they arc considering the problem the problem of supplying 35,000 artificial arti-ficial legs and arms, Tho American kind cost $100, which Is no trade secret, and this price In times of heavy expenditure has been too much for foreign governments. In England, perhaps, a third that many artificial limbs are needed, while In nussla, it is estimated more than 100,000 limbs need to be replaced replac-ed by artificial ones. Though an artillclal limb is not a romantic thing, anj users are not apt to advertiso them widely, Sara Bernhardt Bern-hardt put tho wooden limb publicity across. Sho was fitted for tho limb sho now wears by Mr. Hangor. So Important Is this problem that Queen Elizabeth, of Belgium, attended a demonstration of artificial limbs conducted con-ducted by Mr. Hanger for about 200 physicians. |