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Erskine House, Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, established during the First World War. 1916
Matthau BuchingerMATTHAU BUCHINGER German, born at Nuremberg without hands or legs, but with sufficient of the rest of him to father eleven children. Date: 1674 - 1722
Thomas Inglefield, limbless painterTHOMAS INGLEFIELD born without arms or legs in 1769, yet taught himself to draw with the stump of his arm. Date: 1804
Matthau BuckingerMATTHAU BUCHINGER German, born at Nuremberg, without hands or legs, became adept at drawing and performing on musical instruments. Date: 1674 - 1722
Johann Valerius (2)JOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+
Johann ValeriusJOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+
Bath Characters by Edouart - Thomas McDermottThomas McDermott, a native of County Cavan, Northern Ireland, who was born without hands or feet, 1793. Inventor and manufacturer of fancy flower vases
Nikolai Wassiljewittsch Kobelkoff - Freak Show StarKobelkoff, Freak show empresario pictured with his family. Nikolai Wassiljewittsch Kobelkoff (1851 - 1933) was born in Wossnesensk, Siberia, Russia
German Limbless SoldierA German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs. With around one million amputees worldwide following the First World War
London / Cries / Billy WaterBilly Waters, who lost a leg in an accident, plays the violin in the street
London / Cries / Beggar / TinyThe deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England
Wounded Soldiers / CallotThe human cost of war. The crippled and wounded - the legless and armless are given alms. Soup is dished out from a cauldron in the street
