Severed limbs and wooden feet - how the ancients invented prosthetics
From: Phys.org - 05/17/2017

Prosthetics have been around longer than we have realized, they trace back to
the Egyptian days.

Amputations and prostheses date back to ancient times, and saw advances that
were heralded as no less life-changing then as they are today.

Read the entire article at:
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-severed-limbs-wooden-feethow-ancients.html

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