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Patent for "an artificial leg, arm, and hand..."
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Patent for "an artificial leg, arm, and hand..."

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Wellcome Collection

Patent for "an artificial leg, arm, and hand, on an improved construction". A.D. 1817. May 8. No. 4116. Wilms' Specifications.

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