Carl Herman Unthan completed "Notes From the Life of an Armless Man" when he was seventy-seven. He called it a "pediscript" because he'd typed it with his feet. During the First World War, according to this article, he served with the German Army "in a morale role" visiting new amputess, but he was chiefly a Vaudevillian, and in 1913 his typing skills, and more besides, were recorded for posterity when he was cast as Arthur Stoss in the Danish silent film "Atlantis", at the age of sixty-five. I'm not too sure about my choice of music to accompany this footage, but I do think Carl is cool.
"Although his abilities were impressive, critics of Atlantis felt his appearance in the film was simply extraneous and non-integral to the story." Wikipedia
He deserves every bouquet.
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