In this showcase (item N° 296) of the Musée du Service de Santé des Armées in Paris you can see a World War I prosthetic hand with a kit of interchangeable tools aiming to allow the amputees different kinds of activity, from eating to typing.
- Photos by Luca Borghi @ (July 2014), courtesy of the Hospital and Museum’s directions
- Locate the item on this Google Map
Bibliography
– Jacques de Saint-Julien, Jean-Jacques Ferrandis, Le Musée du Service de Santé des Armées au Val-de-Grâce, AXPRO, Paris 1998, p. 73