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Treatment and rehabilitation in the early 20th century: Prosthetic limb

This theme reveals different cultures’ approaches to managing health and recovery in the time of the First World War.

Watch our Visitor Experience Assistants Daniela and Isobel talk about this prosthetic arm from our collections. It was created for an injured soldier after the First World War.

Use the information and activity sheets to explore the object’s history and health links more deeply. Both sheets are differentiated to three levels of ability for Year 9 History students.

Prosthetic Limb Information Sheet (PDF 1058kb)

Prosthetic Limb Activity Sheet (PDF 601kb)

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