Two amputation kits used during the American Revolution sold at auction this week for more than $104,000. The items were once owned by Continental Army surgeon and Harvard Medical School founder Dr.

Ukrainian military surgeon Oleksii Nosulko has carried out one of the most extreme operations while lying beside a wounded soldier in a narrow gap between the concrete slabs of a destroyed building.

A collection of amputation tools used in the Revolutionary War has fetched more than $100,000 at auction. The amputation kits were owned by Dr. John Warren, a Continental Army surgeon and a founder of ...

Editor’s note: Taking a break from politics, Herald columnist Sid Schwab gives an account from his career as a surgeon, retold from his Surgeonsblog column. A warning: The column discusses limb ...

Dr. Rapp: Six weeks ago, a 48-year-old limo driver and father of two went to his doctor with ankle pain. Now he’s having his left leg amputated below the knee. He has a soft-tissue sarcoma, a cancer ...

Two amputation kits used during the American Revolution sold at auction this week for more than $104,000. The items were once owned by Continental Army surgeon and Harvard Medical School founder Dr.