ruh-roh!
Surgical tools used during the Civil War
Submitted 3 days 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 3 days ago
billbasher@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I wanna know what that lil axe thing is for
Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
No you don’t.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 days ago
Bullet to the leg? Amputation.
Gangrene setting in? Amputation.
Cough? Amputation.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You’d be better off dead than to face treatment with any of this stuff
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 days 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!