Prosthetic Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
• It is known in history that making prostheses goes back to at least 300 B.C. with crude wooden devices designed to be strapped to the stump of the remaining leg.
• The earliest written references to prosthetics was in 1579 by French surgeon, Ambriose Pare, who fitted soldiers’ amputated limbs with artificial limbs.
• In the American Civil War over 30,000 amputations were performed on the Union side alone and Wooden socket limbs were priced from $75-$150.
• World War II saw the invention of lighter materials such as plastics and aluminum to help prosthetic wearers.
• Following the Vietnam War a new wave of amputees spurred refinements in prosthetics and electronic controls in prosthetics.
• Almost 1 million people in the U.S. are amputees.
• Nine out of 10 amputees in the U.S. involve the leg from the foot to the knee.
• Three-fourths of amputations are necessitated by disease such as cancer, circulation disease or diabetes.
• A paralyzed man was recently implanted with a series of computer chips in his brain, which now allows him to control a robotic arm and actually feel the sensations from the hand.
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