The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-07
ARTIFICIAL HANDS and FEET
A New York Inventors Fine Idea
and Patent.
FAME AND FORTUNE HOPED
The Calorified and Vibrant Prehen-
SHE'S OF Sanguine inventor Will
Put Artificial Limbs at Il Pre-
MUM. Electricity the
Secret.

Ihero Is II genius in Now York who
thlhks he is going to mako his fortune
ofo Is confident that both fame and for
auno arc in his path and grasp. Tho two
terms arc used adviscdly, because his in
Nention is that Of patent caloriiicd and vi
trant artificial hands and feet
You see said the inventor, taking n
beautifully modelled md articuntcd arm
Of Kid, papier nucho and aluminium from
drawer, my brother has IN artificial
iiand and forearm, the real articles having
been shot oil mt gettysburg. happened to
Touch this artificial hand of his one ,ay
during that February cold snap. and it
felt so awful freezing and deaf hlille that it
rent tho shivers all over me One of those
thivcrs reached my brain. l guess, for the
Thought came TO me In Il flash, What IL
sailure thing like that IS any way
Now then, just take hold of that
hand"
With that tho inventor lifted the arm
from the work bench and held it out IN
such way that tho hand lay in I, position
Tor grasping.
Grab IL rs you would natural hand >"
cad tho inventor. press it gently, and let
your hand rest for "a moment. You'll find
Ct IL tinglcr.
That was just what the hand seemed to
be-in tingler. Tho hand was covered
with kid glovo, and underneath sthe
glove thero was felt Is gentle throbbing
Inotion which seemed To 10 communicated
20 tho living hand, while an equally gentle
and pleasant warmth was plainly porccp-
lible. 1t seemed hard indeed to realize
that tho hand was not ono OF living flesh
nnd blood instead OF piece of mcchau-
ssn.
How is st done?" said the inventor.
oh, easy enough. It's lust electricity
2iight here, where the stump fits in. you'll
observe is u small dry battery. From it a
current Is sent down to the fingers where
Ut passes through minute tubes or veins iC
You will, Of asbestus; that is the heating
system. ~ second current sets in motion "A
sumber Of small diaphragms which lie
along the palm, and it is that part Of the
arrangement which gives the throbbing
emotion to the hand
With this electrical viviicntion q Young
man who has lost his left arm in u saw
anil can pass such an artificial arm rs this
around his swectheart's waist, ana she will
got only feel its gentle warmth against
der throbbing heart, but the young man
mas only To give tho battery an extra
charge before he leaves home to 90 spark
3ng, and the girl would swear that his
2ant Is glowing and quivcring with an
emotion he cannot control, when really il
a. nothing but II question of electrified
particles of ashcstus and tintypc metal.
The benefits OF my invention cvGn 20
snrther than that, continued tho genius
II know man who lost both feet in "A
3'owdur explosion. Now this mans Wife
suffers terribly from cold bnck. and moth
ang seems to relieve hor. I'm going to tit
shat man = artificial feet with the patent
salurilication attachment. and then there
viii Toe no moro trouble. lou See it will
sevolutioni2c tho old antagonism OF feet
and back. and man with artificial limbs
viii positively be at n premium-providcd
dc has tho patent caloriiication and vibra-
tory attachment ON. New York sun.