Richard Preston

If a portion of a redwood is rotting, the redwood will send roots into its own form and draw nutrients out of itself as it falls apart. If we had redwood-like biology, if we got a touch of gangrene in our arm, then we could just, you know, extract the nutrients and the moisture out of it until it fell off.

American Writer

Pete Hamill

My father lost his leg in 1927 playing soccer. A kick broke his leg; gangrene set in. They sawed it off. So he didn't get what a lot of Irish immigrants got, which was a job on the Waterfront - he didn't get that.

American Journalist

John Kani

It is a troubled soul that forces the human being to act. It is some kind of gangrene within you, inside of you, that eats your soul, that forces you to save your soul.

South African Actor

Gangrene is used to describe a severe medical emergency often requiring surgery.

Medical Urgency

Unlike infections, gangrene isn't contagious but demands immediate treatment.

Not Contagious

The term implies visual changes in the tissue such as blackening or discolouration.

Visual Cues

In non-medical contexts, gangrene describes something harmful that slowly worsens.

Metaphorical Use

When used figuratively, gangrene often conveys a grave problem or negativity.

Negative Connotation

It suggests a gradual decline, not something that happens suddenly.

Slow Deterioration

 OK, how is all this complex circuitry set up in the brain? Is it nature, genes, or is it nurture? And we approach this problem by considering another curious syndrome called phantom limb. And you all know what a phantom limb is. When an arm is amputated, or a leg is amputated, for gangrene,

3 clues to understanding...

 balloons into a pea sized ball of pain a swollen lesion develops that makes movement difficult but if the lesion gets infected then a painful nuisance becomes a serious medical problem severe cases can lead to tetanus gangrene and