Modern surgery began with saws and iron hands – how amputation transformed the body in the Renaissance

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways medieval surgeons hadn’t. This was partly because they confronted two new ...
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The remains of 2 soldiers were found in a Civil War amputation pit. Now, they'll get a proper burial at Arlington

Their remains had been lost in time, buried in a shallow amputation pit, but now two Civil War soldiers will finally be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Their remains had been lost in time ...
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Wounded, Recovered and Back to War. Ukrainian Soldiers Are Returning to Battle After Amputation

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian intelligence soldier doesn’t know how long his clinical death lasted after an explosive detonated beneath him. All Andrii Rubliuk remembers is overwhelming ...