Hemicorporectomy?!?!?!?!?!?

I'm astounded, boggled and vomitoriously grossed out by my sheer accidental discovery of the extremely rare surgical procedure known as hemicorporectomy.

As the word itself suggests, a hemicorporectomy involves the removal of essentially half the body.

( Fascinating and also disgusting details of radical surgical techniques follow, but no pictures, thank God. )

Kiss Kiss, Faint Faint

James Marsters is guest-starring on Torchwood season 2 in the Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang ep.

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