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Author Kyberd, Peter, author.

Title Making hands : a history of prosthetic arms / Peter Kyberd.

Publication Info. London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2022]
©2022

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
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 Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from table of contents page (Elsevier ClinicalKey, viewed October 31, 2023).
Subject Artificial hands.
Artificial hands -- Design and construction.
Artificial Limbs
Prostheses and Implants
Main artificielle.
Artificial hands
Other Title Making hands : design and use of upper extremity prosthetics
Other Form: Print version: 9780128205457
Print version: 012820544X 9780128205440 (OCoLC)1159165753
Print version: KYBERD, PETER. FOORD, DAVID. MAKING HANDS. [S.l.] : ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS, 2021 012820544X (OCoLC)1159165753
ISBN 0128205458 (electronic book)
9780128205457 (electronic book)
9780128205440 (paperback)
012820544X (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000070156338
AU@ 000070530632

 
    
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