In a bizarre first, the South China Morning Post reports, doctors in China have surgically grafted a patient’s severed ear to her foot. Per SCMP, Qiu said they chose the foot because the arteries and veins there are compatible with those found in the ear. But doing this with an ear and foot had no precedent in medical history. Once the ear was stabilized, the team gradually restored the patient’s scalp. Five months on from the accident, the scalp and neck had healed enough, and the team returned the ear to its proper place.