THE WASTAGE OF WAR.
REPLACING LOST ARMS
EXPERIMENTS IN GERMANY. ZURICH, May 21. Gauerbruck, Ruge, and Felix, three German professors of Zurich University, are carrying on remarkable experiments in the military hospitals. They train the muscles of amputated
stumps to control the motion of artificial hands so that they are able to open and shut the fingers, fill glasses, ~and perform other actions. The musf cles of the stump are connected by ' means of catgut with the artificial arm and hand. The professors have discovered what muscles are essential., ' therefore best worth preserving in amputation cases. They are also experimenting in the transplanting of muscles.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 121, 23 May 1916, Page 5
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105THE WASTAGE OF WAR. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 121, 23 May 1916, Page 5
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