Human Augmentation · Recorded milestone
Muscle-powered Sauerbruch arm
Recorded year1916
Surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch tunnels through arm muscles so wounded WWI soldiers can drive an artificial hand with their own muscle power.
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No connections of this kind are recorded.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.