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Modern Marvels
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Friday, October 2
Prosthetics
Season 4 · Episode 16
The evolution of artificial limbs, and how modern medicine has improved the quality of life of amputees. Included: the increase in prosthetics after the Civil War; the role of antibiotics in reducing the need for amputation; and primitive practices.
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