Prosthetics
From the earliest recorded account of an amputation and subsequent prosthesis in ancient Hindu writings, to a 16th-century fully articulated artificial hand controlled by an intricate geared mechanism, to today’s use of plastics and space-age materials, we chronicle the long history of prosthetic devices.
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Airs
Mon, Dec 28, 1998
Show
Modern Marvels
708 episodes
Episode
S6 · E14
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