title: The instant era: prostheses and performance, not porridge.
abstract: Anyone who has watched the removal of a limb in the operating theatre will have experienced the sinking feeling that accompanies the final irretrievable severance of the part. It is not difficult, therefore, to imagine the feelings of the patient who recovers from the anaesthetic minus a limb, in a deal of pain, and facing an incomprehensible future.
authors.affiliation: Central Development (Prosthetic-Orthotic) Unit, Repatriation Department.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Klein