Logan Republican | 1917-03-03 | Page 5 | Leg is 2,000 Years Old

Lea Is 2,000 Years Old. Thero Is preserved In the Itoynl College Col-lege of Surgeons, London, what Is probnbly tho very earliest specimen ex ,tant of an nrtlflclnl leg. This remarkable re-markable limb Is considered over two thousand years old. Yet for beauty of shape and carefulness careful-ness of construction It might vie with many of those turned out today. It Is made with pieces of thin bronze, fastened fas-tened by bronzo rivets to a hollow wooden core, und Is modeled so ns to accurately represent tho form of u real leg. The outside Is believed to have been enameled Ilchh color, und the upper pnrt of tho artificial leg wus connected con-nected with the lhlug stump by means of a circlet of sheet bronzo edged with small rivets, probably used to fasten a leather lining.