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History of Prosthesis

Just click on the different pictures to find more information pertaining to those pictures.

Civil War    Another Prosthesis Toe    Artificial Eye    A prosthetic big toe 

Mummies' Fake Toes Could Be First Prosthetics    Hand Prosthetic    Santa Anna's Leg

Roman artificial leg, c. 300 BC.    Amputation and Prosthetics History    Made in 1964    Tools for Amputation

Here are a few more links for the History of Prostheses:

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics History of Prostheses

The History of Prosthetic Devices