Untold. a step forward in battlefield medicine / Civil War prosthetics :

James Edward Hanger was hit by shrapnel from a cannonball at the beginning of the American Civil War, but rather than settle for a pegleg, he returned home to Virginia and began designing an alternative - the world's first articulated prosthetic that could bend like a real leg.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Derry, Northern Ireland : Makematic, 2020.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Hanger, James E., > 1843-1949. Prosthesis > Technological innovations. Medical innovations. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865. War wounds. Prothèses > Innovations. Médecine > Innovations. États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) Blessures de guerre. United States. 1861-1865 Animated films. Biographical films. Educational films. History. Films éducatifs. Films biographiques.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

Description
Summary:	James Edward Hanger was hit by shrapnel from a cannonball at the beginning of the American Civil War, but rather than settle for a pegleg, he returned home to Virginia and began designing an alternative - the world's first articulated prosthetic that could bend like a real leg.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed June 9, 2021). "Artifacts".
Physical Description:	1 online resource (2 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:01:45