TAG: toe
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Around the World September/October 2017
EGYPT
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Artifacts May 1, 2011
Egyptian Artificial Toe
Until now, an artificial leg made of bronze and wood and found buried with a Roman aristocrat in southern Italy dating to 300 B.C. was thought to be the first prosthesis. Finch's work suggests, however, that the Egyptians be credited with pioneering prosthetic medicine.
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