A Georgetown-centered case series asks whether partial calcanectomy after midfoot amputation can preserve both the limb and meaningful walking. The answer is encouraging, but anatomy and function are not the same outcome.
Cinderella, shoes and amputation: Back to Grimm Basics?
As I listened to my favorite radio program, BBC Radio 4's In Our Time this week, I heard host Melvyn Bragg chat with three outstanding academics regarding the provenance and assembly of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. While many of us are no doubt aware that the original tales were quite grim indeed (and later... Continue Reading →