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

The human body today has many replaceable parts, ranging from artificial hearts^[1] to myoelectric feet^[2]. What makes this possible is not just complicated technology and delicate surgical procedures. It’s also an idea — that humans can and should alter patients’ bodies in supremely difficult and invasive ways.

Where did that idea come...

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