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Surgical tools used during the Civil War
Submitted 1 month ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f547cf27-23d3-4cf9-88f8-19b1b3baf0d9.png
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androidul@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
billbasher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I wanna know what that lil axe thing is for
Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
No you don’t.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 month ago
Bullet to the leg? Amputation.
Gangrene setting in? Amputation.
Cough? Amputation.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You’d be better off dead than to face treatment with any of this stuff
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Surgical tech here! …we still use most of that. The bone saws in our amputation sets look exactly like the ones in the OP. Granted, they’re stored and processed a bit differently today!