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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/01/p1vdcnembmtufqutjoat.jpg?quality=75640277There’s something undeniably beautiful about prosthetic limbs, designed to echo the physical grace and mechanical engineering of the human body. For most people, these objects elicit some combination of squeamish discomfort and utmost respect. But far fewer of us connect those feelings to the untold generations of battle-scarred amputees whose sacrifices made prosthetics a public […]