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R. S. Wickett
| Name | R. S. Wickett |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Broadway 783 |
| Art des Unternehmens | orthopädische Werkstätte |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 116] |
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Ereignis |
| 1837 |
William Selpho wendet seine Aufmerksamkeit auf die Erfindung künstlicher Glieder. |
| 1839 |
Einführung der ersten künstlichen Glieder in den USA |
| 1848 |
Erstes Patent auf eine künstliche Hand |
| 1856 |
Selpho bekommt ein Patent auf seine künstlichen Glieder |
| 1872 |
W. Selpho zieht sich zurück, und Rowland S. Wickett wird sein Nachfolger |
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1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
Manufacturer of the Selpho Patent Artificial Limbs |
| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The annals of useful inventions contain the description of no more practical or wonderful device, than Selpho's artificial legs and Arms. The late Mr. William Selpho as early as 1837 turned his attention to the invention of practical, easy-working artificial limbs, and in 1839 introduced the first artificial limb made in this country to the American public. It was successfully worn, though in no way so perfected as the present famous Selpho leg and arm. Mr. Selpho by no means rested content. He was ambitious to produce a still more perfect imitation, of nature in both form, mechanism and automatic movements, and he at length succeeded by improving on his own original inventions in producing the most perfect artificial limb the -world of science has yet discovered. As patented by him, this leg combines the utmost lightness and strength together with marvellous simplicity of construction, so perfected and durable that the wearer can easily keep it in order, while it is absolutely life-like in appearance and movements. The superiority of his patent was at once recognized by the surgeons of New York, and all the most distinguished practitioners in the country admitted its intrinsic excellence, and recommended it so highly that it was speedily sought for all over, and from that time up to the present the vast superiority of the Selpho leg over all others has been fully confirmed, and its reputation steadily maintained Mr. Selpho, as the patentee and manufacturer, long remained active at the head of his constantly enlarging business, and when he retired in 1872, he was succeeded by Mr. Rowland S. Wickett, who had had a long practical training directly in Mr. Selpho's establishment, and covering the lengthy period to date of twenty-six years. He was thus pre-eminently qualified in every way to carry on the business, and has made several important additional improvements himself. His limbs are models of mechanical perfection, of life-like action, and once in use are found absolutely indispensable to all wearers. The numerous losses of limbs occasioned by the war of the Rebellion led to a great demand for artificial substitutes, more especially as the Selpho patent artificial legs and arms are furnished by the Government to soldiers and sailors free of charge, and now the Selpho limbs are worn by upwards of ten thousand persons throughout the United States, and the certificates and testimonials from wearers, in Mr. Wickett's possession, would fill volumes. All the wearers of these limbs speak in the highest terms of their superiority and usefulness. People with limbs amputated above the knee being enabled to walk about readily without a cane by the use of these legs, and comfortably attending to their daily avocations, Mr. Wickett's patients have in every instance been effectually relieved, and he has been eminently successful in the treatment of some of the most complicated and difficult pases recorded in the annals of mechanical surgery. With Jtheir artificial leg the step is at once elastic and natural, because it is the closest approximation to nature that has yet been obtained, embodying a life-like feeling at every step. It is in fact the lightest, strongest, and best artificial leg in the world. Several later improvements are deserving Of mention, such as the knee controller, and the rubber toe and sole patented by Mr. Selpho in 1856. The Selpho patent artificial hand was first brought out by him in 1848; it has since been much improved, and we can assure all who have had the misfortune to lose a natural hand, that it is the very best substitute yet devised. By a simple arrangement of the mechanism, the stump opens, and shuts, the fingers picks up and retains various articles at will, writes, holds a fork, spoon, etc., and by a simple invention of recent date, Mr. Wickett has been enabled to .make an arm (where the amputation is two inches below the elbow-joint) that can be raised to the mouth or head at will, without the assistance of the other hand, while at the same time the natural hand is so closely imitated as to render it difficult to detect which is the artificial one. Limits of space prevent our quoting from the thousands of extremely interesting and gratefully worded testimonials in Mr. Wickett's possession, and we advise all interested to write to him for the very instructive pamphlet published by him upon the subject. Mr. Wickett has al ? ways taken a great interest in masonry, and is well up, so to speak, now being H.P. (high priest) of Nassau chapter, Brooklyn, N. Y., and is held in the highest esteem in that organization, etc. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 116] |
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