Artificial arm, 1920-1925.
- Made:
- 1920-1925 in Belfast and Northern Ireland
- maker:
- P & K Arm Limited
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"P & K" artificial arm, c. 1918-1925, by P & K Artificial Limb Company, Belfast
Artificial arm invented by a surgeon, T.S.Kirk and an engineer, Alexander Pringle, and manufactured by the P & K Artificial Limb Company, Belfast, Ireland, c.1920-1925. Known as the P-K arm, the design allowed the wearer to grip with the fingers, which were made of steel springs, by means of a leer set above the wrist and operated by the wearers other hand.
Details
- Category:
- Orthopaedics
- Object Number:
- 1987-1154
- Materials:
- hand, steel, hand, leather, hand, wood, forearm, resin, forearm, aluminium, forearm, steel, shoulderpiece, leather and shoulderpiece, canvas
- type:
- medicine, artificial limbs, artificial arms, prostheses and disability
- credit:
- Northern Ireland Rehabilitation Eng.Ctre
