Phantom Limb Pain

[Stiles/Akin]

http://www.history.com/news/the-civil-war-doctor-who-proved-phantom-limb-pain-was-real

In my own experience I have had a foot feel like it fell asleep. The only thing to do is massage the nub.

 

[mofederal]

Now that is an interesting article, and I do have neuropathy, as a diabetic. It is not the worst, but it can be real bad. It makes you understand how it can be worse, much worse. Thanks for the thread!

 

[diane]

Kind of amazing what sciences were started because of the CW. Father of American neurology. I know years ago when my dad visited a VA hospital, there was a vet with an amputated leg who kept trying to scratch his itchy but missing big toe.