The oldest prosthesis was found in a grave in Egypt. In ancient Thebes, around 950 to 700 BC, a female mummy wore a wooden prosthesis - as a replacement for her right big toe.

In medicine, a prosthesis (plural: prostheses; from Ancient Greek: πρόσθεσις, romanized: prósthesis, lit. 'addition, application, attachment'), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth.

Prostheses in war

War was also an innovator in prosthetics. Missing body parts were considered deformities. If a limb was missing, the person was incomplete - and could no longer fight.

War therefore also produced artificial extremities that served as extensions of the knight's armor. The Frankish knight Götz von Berlichingen wore a prosthesis, whose fingers could be moved. He could even make them into a fist.

Later, at the beginning of the 19th century, Johann Nepomuk Mälzel became famous for his foot prostheses. He developed them for war invalids at the time of the Napoleonic campaigns.

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The oldest prosthesis was found in a grave in Egypt. In ancient Thebes, around 950 to 700 BC, a female mummy wore a wooden prosthesis - as a replacement for her right big toe.