ruh-roh!
Surgical tools used during the Civil War
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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androidul@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
billbasher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wanna know what that lil axe thing is for
Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
No you don’t.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 months ago
Bullet to the leg? Amputation.
Gangrene setting in? Amputation.
Cough? Amputation.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’d be better off dead than to face treatment with any of this stuff
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!