How could I resist?

Every day, at work, we get a digest of health related media links e-mailed to us - some of it is local, some of it interesting articles from one news site or another - usually about research findings, or what the local paper thinks about our breast-care facilities, or whatever. But just now and again I think the person who collates it lets themselves fly - just for a moment or two...

And how could I resist a link to a series of pictures labelled 'Prosthetics through time'? How could anyone?

So here it is for you to share too - for how could anyone resist the lure of an ancient Egyptian prosthetic big toe? I love the note under the knight's metal arm...

And, of course, this is my pirate icon...