The ancient Egyptians also used prostheses

Timbers prosthesis was deemed as the most comfortable walking. © Museum of the Egypt. Two fingers of artificial foot, an overdraft in the remains of an Egyptian Mummy could be the first functional prosthesis of the human body discovered.

Remains, dating from the year av. 600 exceed by several centuries to the discovery of the leg found among the Roman remains of Capua and considered the first prosthesis that we have a history (300adC).

Search Dr. Jacky Finch, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, whose preliminary inquiry appears this week in the medical journal The Lancet, showed fingers of foot wood were added simply as burial remains, but they are prostheses were actually used for walking.

Finch studied two-piece known as finger Greville Chester was found near Luxor, Egypt dating from the year 600 BC.

Finger Greville Chester - who exhibited in the British Museum in London was built hand-held equipment of a kind of cardboard with linen and extracted from animal glue and finally, lined with colored plaster.

The second study artificial finger belonged to the mummy of the daughter of an Egyptian priest named Tabaketenmut. Tabaketenmut, apparently lost his branch of diabetes caused by ischemic gangrene.

Greville finger wear and important elements of the finger of the Cairo design led me to think that, perhaps, these protésis have been used in real life

Jacqueline Finch, researcher at the University of Manchester.

In this case the finger was built using three parts United, both wooden and perhaps leather. With various holes and complex difficult techniques day even today game was achieved together a party to the other.

Know whether these primitive prostheses have been used in their day to walk, Dr. Finch replicas of your laboratory and research of two voluntary instruments which had lost the big toe right so that they could test if it worked.

"So the device can be regarded as a genuine prosthesis must answer a series of requirements," writes Mr Finch in your article.

"The equipment must be capable of withstanding the weight of the body and strength, has, therefore, not been divided or break using." "Ratio is important and appearance must be sufficiently similar to a royal order to be accepted by the person who holds those that surround him,"he explains.""

Artificial fingers would be the first functional protésis which has history.

According to the article, estimated that toe big foot supports 40% of the weight of the body and is responsible for propulsion to the front, but those that can adapt well.

To determine the level of the function of a prosthesis, in addition, techniques required progress that includes integrated cameras and pressure equipment on the way to ensure that no force in other parts of the foot.

Volunteers are invited to both replicas of sandals Egyptians, and although not expected that they could go with a real finger, one of them reported being able to go very well with two protésis.

And most important again, did there was no additional pressure on foot in any of the fingers. Two volunteers stated that the finger of wood was particularly comfortable.

"Greville finger wear and important elements of design Cairo finger led me to think that perhaps these protésis have been used in real life and were not simply added walking in the momificaciones for reasons related to religion or religious rituals," added the researcher.

"The results strongly suggest that both designs can function as a replacement for a lost finger and could therefore qualify as functional prosthesis" explains the researcher.

"If this is true could say that the first councils of this type of medicine must anchor at the foot of the ancient Egyptians," concludes Finch.

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