Making hands a history of prosthetic arms / Peter Kyberd.

Author/creator Kyberd, Peter
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2022]
Descriptionxxiii, 364 pages : illustrations (colour), portraits ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction -- Artificial arms -- The hand -- History of upper limb prostheses -- Body powered prostheses -- Externally powered prostheses -- A tale of two elbows -- The Edinburgh arm and the i-Limb hand -- Otto Bock -- Prosthetics in the United Kingdom -- Research in Sweden -- Limbs from the Windy City -- Prosthetics research in Canada -- Prosthetics in the twenty first century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780128205440
ISBN012820544X
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