World War I ushered in a new kind of warfare — and also horrific new injuries that required new kinds of prosthetics for eyes, limbs and faces. It was the beginning of a boom in prosthetic design, a ...

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series on the legacies of World War I. It will appear on CNN.com/Opinion in the weeks leading up to the 100-year anniversary ...

Army doctors in the First World War were helpless to stop soldiers who lost limbs from suffering in pain, according to researchers. A century on, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have made the loss ...

It started as a normal weekend at the lake — no to-do list, no worries, no problems. It ended with a freak accident where a boat propeller damaged three of my four limbs, including my left leg, which ...

There’s something undeniably beautiful about prosthetic limbs, designed to echo the physical grace and mechanical engineering of the human body. For most people, these objects elicit some combination ...

Editor's note: This story includes images and descriptions of war injuries that some readers might find disturbing. Everything was dark and little made sense when Andrii Smolenskyi finally regained ...

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in a series on the legacies of World War I, published in August, 2014 for the 100-year anniversary of the war’s outbreak. Thomas Schlich is Professor in ...