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Mar 24, 600
First Prosthetic
Around 600 BC a person was mummified with a wooden toe attached to the foot with string. Basically the first prosthetic! -
Mar 24, 1500
Evolution of Prosthetics
Around 1500 Gotz Von Berlichingen lost his hand in a sword fight and later made a hand out of iron and put it in its place. -
Mar 24, 1529
Amputation was discovered
Ambroise Pare introduced amputation to the medical world. -
First Non-locking prosthetic leg
Pieter Andriannszoon Verduyn created the first non-locking prosthetic for below the knee. -
Better amputations
Sir James Syme figures out a method to be able to amputate around the ankle area. Before they would amputate at the thigh! -
Civil War Amputations
In the civil war many people were amputated, around 30,000 on the Union side alone. -
Fully functional prosthetics
Russians make a fully functional prosthetic hand.
Americans make a fully functional prosthetic arm. -
Running Prosthetic
The Carbon bladed running prosthetics were invented, making running easier for disabled people. -
Modern Prosthetics
Modern prosthetics basically mimic arms exactly using small motors and springs to mimic the movement of the arm. -
3D printed prosthetic hand
Mr. Edwards 3D prints a working hand for a disabled teenager!