Artificial substitutes for body parts, and materials inserted into tissue for functional, cosmetic, or therapeutic purposes. Prostheses can be functional, as in the case of artificial arms and legs, or cosmetic, as in the case of an artificial eye. Implants, all surgically inserted or grafted into the body, tend to be used therapeutically. IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL is available for those used experimentally.
    

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Appliances from 'Mechanical Substitute for The Arms',

Artificial left arm with shoulder straps. Made with leather and aluminium by W. R. Grossmith.

Glass knee

Artificial left leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee.

Worth it every inch of the way.

Lower limb prosthetic manufacture : amputee pilot RAF.

Deformities caused by thalidomide.

The enemy: us / Doug Moench, script ; Rich Buckler [penciller and plot] ; Pablo Marcos [inker].

Augusto Biaggi (1908-1977) / von Antonio Alfredo Lenares.

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Worth it every inch of the way.

Lower limb prosthetic manufacture : amputee pilot RAF.

Deformities caused by thalidomide.

The enemy: us / Doug Moench, script ; Rich Buckler [penciller and plot] ; Pablo Marcos [inker].

Augusto Biaggi (1908-1977) / von Antonio Alfredo Lenares.