A woman needed half her leg amputated after she slipped and broke the leg as she was cleaning her bath while she was still asleep. Not even the pain of a broken bone woke her and the angle at which she fell cut off circulation to the leg, killing the limb. When she finally awoke, she was close to multi-organ collapse.
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About Michael McGirr, The Lost Art of Sleep
Michael McGirr, The Lost Art of Sleep.
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- Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world