The Discovery of Phantom LimbsThe Discovery of Phantom Limbs
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Sixteenth century: the Frenchsurgeon Ambroise Paré discovereda "strange and grievous fact.“
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Men who had lost their limbs oftenfelt the limbs to be still there. Theyeven felt pain and other sensationsin these non-existent limbs.
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American Civil war: Silas Mitchellnamed these "phantom limbs".
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"There is something ghastly in thenotion of these thousands of spiritlimbs haunting good soldiers."
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