Photo 21 Oct 1,193 notes biomedicalephemera: sutured-infection: Young man wearing a pair of artificial arms and two artificial legs, 1890-1910 While I doubt they were terribly functional (the most functional prostheses then - and for most of the 20th century - were very disparate from “real” hands in their appearance, but who cares? they worked!), those are some impressively crafted arms and legs, that man has! I wonder why he needed them? Gangrene from an infection? War wounds? There were so many things that would have led to amputation back then…

biomedicalephemera:

sutured-infection:

Young man wearing a pair of artificial arms and two artificial legs, 1890-1910

While I doubt they were terribly functional (the most functional prostheses then - and for most of the 20th century - were very disparate from “real” hands in their appearance, but who cares? they worked!), those are some impressively crafted arms and legs, that man has!

I wonder why he needed them? Gangrene from an infection? War wounds? There were so many things that would have led to amputation back then…

via O Mandy: possibly interesting.

#prosthetics #history #vintage #medicine

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