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James Edward Hanger (February 25, 1843 – June 9, 1919) was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War, a prosthetist and a businessman. It is reported that he became the first amputee of the war after being struck in the leg by a cannonball. [ 1 ]
After recovering and being released, Hanger returned home to Virginia. He made an artificial leg from barrel staves with a hinge at the knee. His design worked so well that the Virginia State Legislature commissioned him to manufacture the “Hanger Limb” for other wounded soldiers.
George Wallace William Hanger (1866–1935), American; George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine (1750–1824), English author and soldier in the American Revolution; Art Hanger (born 1943), Canadian politician; Harry Hanger (1886–1918), English footballer; James Edward Hanger (1843–1919), U.S. Civil War veteran and founder of: Hanger, Inc.
Hanger, Inc.'s Patient Care segment comprises Hanger Clinic and Linkia. Linkia is a network management company that works exclusively with the orthotics and prosthetics industry. Its Products & Services segment includes Accelerated Care Plus, Hanger Fabrication Network (formerly National Labs) , Innovative Neurotronics, Southern Prosthetic ...
A garrote can be made of different materials, including ropes, cloth, cable ties, fishing lines, nylon, guitar strings, telephone cord or piano wire. [2] [3] [4] A stick may be used to tighten the garrote; the Spanish word refers to the stick itself. [5] In Spanish, the term may also refer to a rope and stick used to constrict a limb as a ...
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said the wounded noble, "I want you to do me a favour. Some of my friends here seem to think I might have kept that leg on. Just go and cast your eye upon it, and tell me what you think." "I went, accordingly", said Sir Hussey, "and, taking up the lacerated limb, carefully examined it, and so far as I could tell, it was completely spoiled for work.
The long hook traveled through the center of the ornament and exited the bottom, where it attached to the foot of the ornament. This provided the "short" hanger. Unlatched from the bottom, the entire length of the hook was available, allowing the ornament to dangle at a greater distance from the tree limb to which it was attached.