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A pegleg is a prosthesis, or artificial limb, fitted to the remaining stump of a human leg. Its use dates to antiquity.〔Cantos, Mae (2005) ("Pirates & Peg Legs: a Historical Look at Amputation and Prosthetics" ) ''In:'' Whitelaw, William A. (2005) (editor) ''Proceedings of the 14h Annual History of Medicine Days'' Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, pp. 16–20, , page 16〕 By the late 19th century, prosthetics vendors would offer peg legs as cheaper alternatives to more intricate lifelike artificial legs. Even as vendors touted advantages of more complicated prostheses over simple peg legs,〔 according to a contemporary surgeon, many patients found a peg leg more comfortable for walking. According to medical reports, some amputees were able to adjust to the use of a peg leg so well that they could walk 10, or even 30, miles in one day. Nowadays, wooden peg legs have been replaced by more modern materials, though some sports prostheses do have the same form.〔Clarke, Carl D. (1965) ''Prosthetics'' Standard Arts Press, Butler, Maryland, , page 182〕 ==Notable peg leg wearers== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pegleg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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