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Surgical tools used during the Civil War

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Mickey7@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f547cf27-23d3-4cf9-88f8-19b1b3baf0d9.png

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  • Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’d be better off dead than to face treatment with any of this stuff

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    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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!

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  • androidul@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ruh-roh!

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  • billbasher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wanna know what that lil axe thing is for

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    • Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No you don’t.

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  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bullet to the leg? Amputation.
    Gangrene setting in? Amputation.
    Cough? Amputation.

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