disability-history-timeline-2013

Medical and technical developments1500sDutch surgeon PieterVerduyn introduces the firstnon-locking, below-the-kneeprosthesis – very similar tothose in use today.18161760sIn Germany, France, Italy and England,the first schools for Deaf people are set up.In Paris, Phillippe Pinel unshackles peoplewith mental illnesses.1815After his leg is shattered by cannon fireat the Battle of Waterloo, the Marquessof Anglesey begins using an artificialabove-the-knee leg, with hinged knee,ankle and raising toes, developed byJames Potts. The prosthetic limb becomesknown as the ‘Anglesey Leg’.A mental asylum at Lancaster Moor opens,eventually holding up to 2,400 patients invery overcrowded conditions.1817Connecticut Asylum for the Education andInstruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, thefirst permanent school for Deaf people inAmerica, opens in Hartford on April 15.36