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Show Oldest Artificial Leg Found in Tomb at Capua The oldest artificial leg In existence Is thut In the museum of the Uoyal College of Surgeons of England. It was found in a tomb at Cupua, and Is, of course, of Uoman origin. This artificial member accurately represents the form of the humun leg. It is made with pieces of thin bronze, fastened by bronze nails to a wooden core. Two Iron bars, huving holes at their free ends, are attached to th upper extremity of the bronze; a quadilateral piece of Iron found near the position of the foot Is thought to have given strength to it. There la no trace of the foot, and the wooden core had nearly crumbled away. , The skeleton had Its waist surrounded by a belt of sheet bronze edged wlta small rivets, probably used to fasten a leather lining. Three painted vasei lay at the feet of the skeleton. The vases belong to a rather advanced period In the decline of art, about 300 B. a |
