Prosthetics: Peg Leg

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The beginning of prosthetics started in 1500 B.C., ever since that it has been an up wind field and been developing and evolving. The first people to use prosthetics were the Egyptians. The interesting part was that the prosthetic wasn’t used at all to help with mobility, at all rather so that they could feel like they had their limb back. Scientist found the first prosthetic on a mummy, the prosthetic being a big toe and still seemed to be functional. The first so called “peg leg” was made in about 300 B.C. The leg had been made with a wooden inside, and an iron outside. This was not uncommon, there is a story that states a prisoner was sentenced to death, and in attempt to escape he removed his own leg, building a wooden peg and traveled

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