Modern Marvels

Season 6, Episode 14

Episode Title: Prosthetics

Air Date: 1998-12-28

Overview:

From the earliest recorded account of an amputation and subsequent prosthesis in ancient Hindu writings, to a 16th-century fully articulated artificial hand controlled by an intricate geared mechanism, to today’s use of plastics and space-age materials, we chronicle the long history of prosthetic devices.