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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 140, 2 March 1918, Page 13

Lieutenant Lerat, of tlio trench Army, who lost both arms before Verdun, gave a demonstration in London recently pi the mechanical arms, weigliiiiK lift: each, now being supplied to crippled . French'- officers and soldiers. Taking off his hat with his right Hand, and laying it on the table in the office of the manufacturers, .Prothosia, Ltd., Carltou House. Regent Street, Lieu-tenant-Lerat romoyod his cigar from his mouth with- his left hand, and wrote a short note He says his writhi" his now better than before he lost his arms. "Twenty-five of my brother officers who have lost an arm are back ab the front," he stated, "thanks to these artificial arms. Twelve officers, each with one artificial arm. are now flying " Picking up a. needle,. taking a match- from a box, and striking it, picking up a ponny and nutting it inhis pocket, and unbuttoning his coat were other actions .easily carried out by the lieutenant. The movements of the arms and fingers are m.ude by means of a fine metal cable which is pulled by the wearer on moving his ■ shoulders or-expanding'his . low ribs. The hand is -.beautifully modelled in copper and nickel; each finger.moves separately, •■'■■ ■ .