Let's take a look at the historical development of wheelchairs

Perhaps you have never thought that as early as a thousand years, the prototype of a wheelchair has been formed until it has developed into today's electric wheelchair for the disabled.

1. Wheelchairs in ancient China: Archaeologists recorded that in a place around 1600 BC, they found a design drawing of a wheelchair on a coffin. The earliest record in Europe is a round car in the Middle Ages, which is currently the earliest wheelchair recognized in the world. The earliest record in China is a sculpture of a sarcophagus with wheels in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (525 AD). Also the predecessor of the chair is a modern wheelchair.

At the beginning of the Renaissance in the 16th century, the kings of Spain were in a wooden wheelchair because of stroke patients.
2. Modern
In the 18th century, modern design patterns were very similar to wheelchairs. These two big front wheels and a small wheel at the back are equipped with an armrest on the chair.
3. Progress brought about by war
During the American Civil War, rattan wheelchairs with metal wheels appeared.
After the First World War, the wheelchairs provided by the United States weighed about 50 pounds. In the United Kingdom, a hand-cranked three-wheel wheelchair was developed, and soon there was a wheelchair with a drive.

In 1932, a disabled person named Hebert (José Porter E) and his friend (Henry J) invented the first modern wheelchair and founded the company E&J.
At that time, the E&J wheelchair was made of metal with canvas-type seats.
4. War movement
After the Second World War, the United States began to equip the disabled with E&J wheelchairs made of 18-inch chrome. At that time, some wheelchairs needed to be sized according to the situation of different people.
After the Second World War, Sir Ludwig Gutman (SL Gutman) began to regard the wheelchair as an exercise recovery tool. In his concept, the hospital can achieve better results if the wheelchair is used. This inspired him to become the first person to complete a marathon in a wheelchair.

 Since people have entered the era of electricity, our lives have entered a new dimension. There are not only manual wheelchairs, electric wheelchairs, but also smart wheelchairs in the future.