Analysis: Amputation Saws During The Civil War

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These are two pictures of amputation saws in their amputation kits. During the Civil War most medical operations were amputating some part of the body. In the Civil War people didn’t know much about germs so medical operations weren’t sanitary. Doctors amputated by sawing in a circular motion. The amputations were healed by granulation, when capillaries form to heal the wound. I would not want to have to have medical procedures done during the Civil War.

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