Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb

concept

The body factory : from the first prosthetics to the augmented human / story and art, Héloïse Chochois; [translated by Kendra Boileau].

Charles Bell's description of the phantom phenomenon in 1830 / Tetsuo Furukawa.

Sogenannte Erstbeschreibung des Phantomschmerzes von Ambroise Paré / von G. Keil.

Phantom limb : amputation, embodiment, and prosthetic technology / Cassandra S. Crawford.

Curse of the phantom limb.

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Phantom Limb

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The body factory : from the first prosthetics to the augmented human / story and art, Héloïse Chochois; [translated by Kendra Boileau].

Charles Bell's description of the phantom phenomenon in 1830 / Tetsuo Furukawa.

Sogenannte Erstbeschreibung des Phantomschmerzes von Ambroise Paré / von G. Keil.

Phantom limb : amputation, embodiment, and prosthetic technology / Cassandra S. Crawford.

Curse of the phantom limb.