AMPUTEES

Miljanovci, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994 © Nigel Chandler/Sygma/Corbis

We've Still Got a Big Job to Do Poster by Howard Scott, 1945 © Swim Ink 2, LLC/CORBIS

Crippled veterans, 1648 engraving via Corbis

Carmelo Bova, Italy, © Bettmann/CORBIS

Data Unknown via History of Medicine (NLM) / Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

Data Unknown via History of Medicine (NLM) / Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

Amputee rehabilitation facility, Germany, 1942 © Hugo Jaeger / Time Inc.