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Chapter 1 - Extremity Prostheses and Assistive Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2022

Jane Draycott
Jane Draycott
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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This chapter surveys the evidence for extremity prostheses and assistive technology (walking sticks, canes, crutches, corrective footwear) in classical antiquity. It discusses the different ways in which an extremity such as an arm or leg might be lost (surgical intervention, military activity, judicial and extra-judicial punishment, self-mutilation or deliberate mutilation), and how individuals dealt with their resulting impairments and disabilities. Not everyone could utilise a prosthesis due to the nature of their impairment; they might need to, or indeed choose to, use another type of assistive technology, such as a crutch.

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Congenital AmputationLimb LossAmputationMilitary ActivityPunishmentTortureMutilationProsthesisAssistive TechnologyCorrective Footwear
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Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome , pp. 40 - 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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