Until the late twentieth century, skin grafts were constructed from the patient's own skin.

After almost ten years of performing lobotomies Freeman heard of a doctor in Italy named Amarro Fiamberti who operated on the brain through his patients eye sockets, allowing him to access the brain without drilling through the skull.

Indeed, the infinite renewal of the body isn t confined to superficial repairs through cosmetic surgery.

Plastic surgery, the implantation of biochips, piercings all emblazon the belief that our bodies are our unique property.

After surgeries for cancer took away my ability to speak, eat or drink, I was forced to enter this virtual world in which a computer does some of my living for me.

(Israel has one of the lowest donation rates in the world, so the government pays for transplant surgery performed outside the country.)

Suleman does not have a decent job, but she managed to invest in costly fertility treatments and could afford many expensive cosmetic surgeries.

Same is true for organ failure, when you have loss of function owing to poor perfusion of kidney, of liver, acute respiratory distress syndrome and damage suffered in cardiac bypass surgery.

That suffering has been communicated by short words and phrases, such as Halabja, Anfal, mass graves, each one encapsulating horrendous suffering and injustice.

NEW YORK Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care including heart surgery for all.