21 Antique Limbs For The Early Amputee

This is what prosthetics looked like before the robotics era. Could you imagine wearing one of these eerie implements?

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21 Antique Limbs For The Early Amputee
Angela Meiquan Wang

1. Iron Arm, 1560-1600

2. Prosthetic leg, 1918

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3. Hinged metal arm, 1500s

4. Hip disarticulation leg, 1928

5. Leather boot leg, 1891

6. Victorian-era eating utensil arm

7. Aluminum rivet leg, leather foot

8. 19th-century wooden leg

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9. 19th century wood & cast iron leg

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10. 19th century wooden prosthetic foot

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11. 16th century iron prosthetic hand

12. Early 19th century artificial arm, made from the barrel of a rifle

13. Functional prosthetic big toe, 600 BC

14. 18th century wrought iron tutorial leg

15. Leather prosthetic hand

16. “Openshaw” prosthetic hand, 1916-1918

17. Prosthetic left leg, 1914-1918

18. Female jointed hand, 19th century

19. DIY artificial leg, 1940

20. Iron hand, c. 1580

Source: myarmoury.com

21. French prosthetic arm set

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