ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 50, 28 February 1918, Page 2

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.

BLESSED' MARVELS;: OF v V . ' MECHANISM/- * Few outcomes of the. great war have been imoro wonderful than th e stage of perfection that has/ been reache,dj a ,in. the production of artificial enormous numbers "'of men eng&|fed';" in ;. the war and the higtii'^o%§Tok~gQ ; -V.pi'■ ;: , the -wounded; who > had ;fo th e amputation of, ,ooe -pr cjfeep-ipf.' limbs 'at once ipreserited'' : a A( pwbleni. to the authorities. The best hpains., of : . the day were applied to thig task of improving tli6 constouction of artificial limlbs, and th© results,, as demonstrated by" thousands, 'pfir i |^pldi^x 4 & ■'■••*• ar e little short, of A good;' ' illustration con- . temporary) is afforded ,in tn«;fcase of a ' Palmerston soldier,.'" Priyafe X.. G. '.;.';■ Amies, ;s6n of Mr and Mrs G-TH. Amies', Pf Main street;}-East, i Private Amie s was" badly wounded' in the about ithe same •.timel-W the; late- Dr. A. A. Martin was killed'. His wound necessitated amputation close to 'the groin, and the soldier returned home a little more than a week ago • with an artificial limb, and ■so •• perfect is the fitting, .and so natural th e movement, that it. is difficult of detection. The stump of th e leg, fit,s r neatly into & socket at the top of .the artificial limb, whilst a steel waist- belt and another back support keep it securely" in position. The knee-joint as another" mechanical wonder,- it goe&.easily 'ix> the movements of the bodv, jmM;*6ti descending a stairway or a hill tffi'e' joint can" be locked, itiius olbviating .any '.danger of an accident befalling tTig,' wearer. The artificial limb, not prevent the soldier .from', cyclirfg." the le£ movements being" as free' and regular as the natural limb. Mechanical science has indeed bestowed i' blessing on the maimed soldier. v f