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Egyptian toes likely to be the world’s oldest prosthetics
The paper ‘Biomechanical Assessment of Two Artificial Big Toe Restorations From Ancient Egypt and Their Significance to the History of Prosthetics’ is available on request. A brief paper was published ...
This ingenious new prosthetic mimics the bones and ligaments of a human foot
By flexing and extending our toes, we generate the push-off force that is needed to propel ourselves forward. Other ...
University of Manchester3y
Mummies’ false toes helped ancient Egyptians walk
Two artificial big toes – one found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy – may have been the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body parts, says the scientist who tested replicas on ...