Artificial Limbs.
At the Amsterdam International Exhibition a series of artificial arms and legs, of an efficent and inexpensive kind, are now attracting considerable interest. They are the invention of Count de Beaufort, and consist of an ingenious combination of leathern sides, cords, india-rubber springs, and wooden fingers or toe-5. The movements of the muscles are very well imitated by these arrangements, which offer a valuable substitute for the real limbs. The price for an arm is only 255., and that for a leg 4j<3.—a veritable boon to poor folk.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1818, 1 March 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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90Artificial Limbs. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1818, 1 March 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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