3D-Printed Prostheses and Early Modern Iron Hands

Heidi Hausse and Chad Rose of Auburn will present “3D-Printed Prostheses and Early Modern Iron Hands: A Method to Investigate the Lived Experiences of Amputees in the Pre-Modern World” There will be a pre-circulated paper. Location: East Baltimore Campus, Welch Library, Room 303

Colloquium: “From Book to Lab: Investigating the Malleable Body in Early Modern Germany”

Heidi Hausse presents “From Book to Lab: Investigating the Malleable Body in Early Modern Germany.” In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a complex pool of practices and techniques developed to surgically remove limbs and artificially replace them. The activities of surgeons, artisans, and amputees shifted expectations about the number and degree of interventions possible. Their efforts…