Avoiding Amputation

[PaigeBooth]

Although this story is well-known, I came across it again the other day, and was reminded of it, so I thought I would post it. Here is the brief version I stumbled upon:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/19766?utm_sou...to+Blog%29


Here is an older version of the story in greater detail. Anyone who would like to see a complete, more detailed article of the whole story, can read more here:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opiniona...1&referrer