Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — ARTIFICIAL ARM IS WONDER [ARTICLE]

ARTIFICIAL ARM IS WONDER

Pnihli* Man EngUshrnftlrSltlvcntion tnaoi s in*n to Difl, Use Sledoehammer and Other Things. London.—A wonderful new artificial arm which enables a man to dig, use a sledgehammer and lift weights as heavy as he could with his sound arm is being supplied to maimed soldiers at Made.of alumlnur n and steel, it weighs only two pounds, three ounces, and is the invention of A. C. Adams, artificial limb expert, who is minus an arm himself. The forearm can be attached or detached and any tool or implement can be fixed to the wrist in an instant by pressing a spring. The hand supplied can be turned to one side or the other. Demonstrations were given in which men were seen digging, using a plane, hammer and other tools, chopping wood with an ax, playing bilHards. golf, cricket and steering a bicycle with the artificial arm alone, and a|l done without effort.