Post World War II, US government brokers deal with military manufacturers to develop better prosthetics.  This paved the way for modern prosthetic.

*- Approx 1000 B.C. Egypt

*-Approx 300 B.C. Capua, Italy

*- Approx 215 B.C. Rome, Italy

*- 1508 Germany

1536 France -*

  /1696 Neatherlands

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1800 England -*

*- 1858 Rochester, NY

* 1946 Washington DC