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    Have you ever heard of “The Phantom of the Opera”? The story is about a “ghost” that lives in a opera house, he falls in love with this girl Kristine but she isn't interested. In a dramatic musical Kristine has to make a choice that will change her life forever. The play takes place in the mid 1800s in France and is a dramatic musical that is realistic friction. The main character is Kristine and some other important characters are Raoul and the Phantom. In this essay certain set designs will be

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    Amputated Limb

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    focuses on the changes in gray matter of amputees with differing intensities of phantom limb pain (PLP). To analyze two potential causes of transformation in the cortex, the changes of patient’s brain structures with high chronic PLP are compared to patients who did not develop PLP or only mild PLP. In addition, a second group was tested to specifically focus on patients experiencing intense PLP and patients with phantom limb sensations (PLS) and slight PLP. This paper gives a detailed summary of how

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    The Phantom Tollbooth is a book that tells the story of a little boy on his journey to the Land Beyond, while the animated film Up delivers the story of an old man on his adventure to Paradise Falls. The journey from the view point of an old man will contain differences from the one looked at through a young child’s lens. But after the journey, both Carl and Milo receive a meaningful gift that totally change the way they look at life. From the outset, both Milo in The Phantom Tollbooth and Carl

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    The Phantom of Opera begins with a man looking in like a cave then the phantom appears. The Opera House opens and everyone begins to arrive for the show. The ballerinas start to dance, then in another room it show men making some sort of business deal to sell the Opera House. After the deal, the old owners tell the new owners about the Phantom that appears but the new owners don’t believe them. The new owners go out of the room and see the maid and ask her who owns Book five but she claims she doesn’t

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    In this paper we will be discussing the neurological cases of phantom limbs derived from chapter 6, pages 36 through 39, of the book, The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. In this chapter, Mr.Sacks discusses the cases of phantom limbs as well as the phenomenon that occur with it. A phantom is a term that neurologist uses to describe an image or memory of a limb that is no longer present. The term Phantom was described in great detail by neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell in 1872 during

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    Phantom Limbs Essay

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    Phantom Limbs Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) is a serious condition that occurs when a person who has lost a part of their body though amputation, trauma (brachial plexus), or loss of nervous connections in an appendage, perceives that the limb is still there and experiences sensations coming from this area. It was first described in 1866 by S. Weir Mitchell, an American neurologist, through a short story published in Atlantic Monthly. While Mitchell may then have wondered if this was specific to wounded

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    “Faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a locomotive, jumps tall buildings in a single bound.” Superman is known throughout the world for being the savior of a city called Metropolis. In every comic book, movie, or action figure ever presented to the public, Superman is a handsome, strong man who can defeat all odds at all times. The movie Superman was a success, showing how the superhero saved lives and yet lived a humble life. As one watches the movie, though, he might notice the many similarities

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    Phantom Limbs: Sensations When There Should be None The phenomenon known as the phantom limb occurs in 95-100% of amputees. It can occur soon after amputation or occur years later. It is when patients feel sensations where the arm or leg used to be as if it were still there. These sensations can be either non-painful sensations or painful sensations, which are called phantom limb pain. These non-painful sensations are described as similar feels as if the limb were there such as warmth, tingling

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    patients to experience sensory illusions that the limb is still present. This is often called a phantom limb. This sense of having a phantom limb is a natural and frequent development during the recovery of an amputation. (1) (2) It is reported that at first, the phantom limb feels normal in size and shape, but in time this illusion of the size of the phantom limb usually becomes smaller.(1) Phantom limb pain is a painful sensation experienced in a body part which is no longer part of the body,

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    Title Here Amputation is the general term describing a condition of disability resulting from the deliberate surgical removal of a part of the body, a limb, or part of a limb (Bowker & Michael, 1992). Limb loss can be a congenital condition, the result of traumatic injury, or a surgical procedure to treat disease (Clawson, 2009). Clawson posits that the majority of amputations in the United States are the result of vascular disease caused by diabetes (p. 393). In cases of traumatic amputation, adjustment

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