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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Gone but not forgotten: the brain’s map of the body remains unchanged after amputation

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 21, 2025 – New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Cambridge University upends a long-standing belief about brain plasticity. A study published today in ...

'Doctors told me to stretch, then I needed a pelvis amputation'

Courtney, 30, has had to have one of the rarest amputations in the world ...
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Gone but not forgotten: New research shows the brain's map of the body remains unchanged after amputation

The brain holds a "map" of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it rearranges itself to compensate for the loss, according to new ...