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Surgical tools used during the Civil War
Submitted 10 months 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 10 months ago
billbasher@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I wanna know what that lil axe thing is for
Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
No you don’t.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 10 months ago
Bullet to the leg? Amputation.
Gangrene setting in? Amputation.
Cough? Amputation.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’d be better off dead than to face treatment with any of this stuff
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 10 months 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!