Matthew Scott, from New Jersey, received a hand transplant at Jewish Hospital with Kleinert and Kutz Hand Center in 1999 during a groundbreaking surgery. Scott, who was 37 when the surgery took ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Matthew Scott lost his hand in a fireworks accident and was wearing a prosthetic hand. On January 25, 1999, the Absecon, New Jersey native would make history as the world’s ...

Twenty-one years ago, when Matthew Scott would prepare to greet someone, he'd angle his body so that his right side pointed toward them. On the left was his prosthetic hand that he had worn for ...