MetaFilter posts tagged with amputation

Oh, honey, you know what they're going to do, right?

minimii — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:58:01 -0800

Directions from a producer to runway models to "Sex it up, ladies! Sexier! And Shera—no more tanning" might not be all that unexpected. The person giving the direction is a little atypical, however. So is how her story came to be published on the online resource for sports photography.

How a Civil War Amputation Was Performed

marxchivist — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:52:07 -0800

How a Civil War Amputation Was Performed NSFS [not safe for the squeamish]

Skier loses leg in super-G crash

gman — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:22:45 -0800

It started with some broken bones and then Austrian skier Matthias Lanzinger had his lower leg amputated yesterday.

Warnings

tellurian — Wed, 17 May 2006 19:21:52 -0800

The Australian cigarette health warnings have pretty much filtered down to every retail packet that's bought now. They're pretty gruesome and some smoking acquaintances cover them up with stickers. I thought I'd have a look around and see what other countries warnings were like. None of them were pulling any punches except for Uruguay.

Between a rock and a hard place.

monju_bosatsu — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 08:30:56 -0800

Remember Aron Ralston, the guy that was trapped under a boulder for six days, and escaped only by amputating his own arm? In this month's Outside Magazine, he tells his story in excruciating detail.

servicemen Iraq

thedailygrowl — Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:16:49 -0800

One year later "It's easy to send soldiers off to war. It's a lot harder to face them when they come home"

Lending a hand

LittleMissCranky — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:36:30 -0800

Since we're being morbid today, how 'bout a dose of Body Identity Integrity Disorder? People with this disorder really, really want to amputate part of their own body. Here's a first-person account from a so-called wannabe, a story about a doctor who used to perform amputations of healthy limbs for BIID patients, and the article in today's Slate about a new documentary. A couple of these sites raise an interesting question: why do psychiatric disorders seem to come and go with the times?

Pianist Looks for Justice After Losing Finger

feelinglistless — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:03:06 -0800

Pianist Looks for Justice After Losing Finger I'm sure there is a Cable TV movie in this somewhere. Expect dodgy accents and Prague passing itself off as Russia as usual. And Brian Dennehy as the head of customs.

jaysoucy — Fri, 07 Dec 2001 11:56:46 -0800

"Fine! I'll do it!" Man cuts off the penis. There, I did it. It has been 2 days since the last penis-related post. This is the most recent penis-related post. Dear Penis-amputating man: That thing there, in the Bible, it's a metaphor! Love, Jesus

Hjorth — Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:25:22 -0800

"Paul Morgan is a man who desperately wants to lead a normal life again. When the accident first happened, the technology was not available for that to happen. While the technology is now available for Paul to lead a better life, the financial burden would be much more than he could afford. That is why Paul has come up with the idea to chop off his feet live on the internet". This is the first time reading a web page has actually made me nauseous.

MattD — Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:12:34 -0800

Amputation by choice people who want to have one or more limb cut off (and in some cases achieve their desire, by self-help or medical intervention) explored in The Atlantic (more inside).

tomcosgrave — Fri, 04 Feb 2000 17:58:54 -0800

Ugh!! Is your manhood worth $2.3 million?!