The Clinical History and Basic Science Origins of Transcutaneous Osseointegration for Amputees

Figure 1

Drawing from barber/surgeon Ambroise Paré in the 1500s. The prosthetic hand features buckle straps used to suspend the hand by squeezing the residual forearm skin. Compressive suspension remains the fundamental concept in standard modern prosthetic limbs (reproduced with permission courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Paré, Ambroise. [Les Oeuvres]. page 916. A Paris: Chez Gabriel Buon, 1585. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/Images/1200_pixels/ixcxvi.jpg, accessed 7 Feb 2020).