Artificial device that replaces a missing body part

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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.

Cells crawling across crystals

A selection of glass eyes from an opticians glas eye case. Possibly made by E. Muller of Liverpool.

A physician diagnoses war veterans. Wood engraving, c. 1870.

Artificial limb factory in Rome: six women working at benches, one using a sewing machine and one stitching the back of a full-length leg. Photograph, 1914/1918.

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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Prostheses and Implants

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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.

Prostheses and Implants

Images from the collections

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Works from the collections

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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