Dr. Fr. Mommsen & Dr. Kurt Bückert — Künstliche Glieder - ARTIFICIAL LIMBS Construction drawings and a collection of economical and practical designs LOWER EXTREMITIES

Book Deirdre Stanforth Very Good Ferdinand Enke Verlag Stuttgart Künstliche Glieder. Konstruktions-Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung des Oskar-Helene-Heims. 1. Heft: Untere Extremitäten. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS Construction drawings and a collection of economical and practical designs LOWER EXTREMITIES By Dr. Fr. Mommsen Chief physician of the orthopedic department of the municipal hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt and Dr.Kurt Bückert Head of the department for orthopedic surgery S. B. H. The book focuses on artificial limbs for the lower extremities, offering construction drawings and a collection of economical and practical designs. The illustrations and technical schematics were drawn from the Oskar-Helene-Heim collection, a renowned orthopedic institution in Berlin that specialized in prosthetics and rehabilitation. The book was authored by Dr. Friedrich Mommsen and Dr. Kurt Büchert, both prominent figures in orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation medicine. Post-War Rehabilitation: After World War I, Germany faced a massive need to rehabilitate injured soldiers. Many had lost limbs, and there was a surge in demand for functional, affordable prosthetics.