James Edward Hanger
... that James Edward Hanger, the first amputee of the American Civil War, designed his own prosthesis and went on to found a prosthetic manufacturer still in business today?
... that <b id="mwEI8"><a href="./James_Edward_Hanger" id="mwEJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Edward Hanger">James Edward Hanger</a></b>, the first amputee of the <a href="./American_Civil_War" id="mwEJE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>,  designed his own <a href="./Prosthesis" id="mwEJI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prosthesis">prosthesis</a> and went on to found a prosthetic manufacturer still in business today?