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
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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.

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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

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