Prosthetic Arm
Alexander Pringle & Thomas Kirk, 1920. Belfast, Northern Ireland
Science Museum, London 1999.52
Over 41,000 British soldiers were left with artificial limbs after World War 1. This model replaced an arm amputated below the elbow and had a uniquely firm grip, with the fingers opened and closed by a lever on the wrist. It was described in the press of the day as ‘the Almost Human Arm.’
