At the time of the Civil War ... Amputations are emphasized, as it was the most common major operation. The step-by-step amputation of a gangrenous leg is the highlight of one episode. Saws ...

Primary amputation was ... by shell during the Civil War on July 12, 1864. Physician: Dr. Henry Dean. A case of recovery after the removal of the arm's humerus bone for a gunshot injury involving ...

Scientists have uncovered a pit of human bones at a Civil War battlefield in ... and one arm bone. They all show grievous wounds and amputation cuts. The team believes that battlefield surgeons ...

A blood-curdling range of saws, knives and sharp hooks were used to administer surgery to maimed fighters - an estimated 60,000 amputations ... disfigured. The Civil War occurred at a time ...

The bloodiest war in American history was also one of the most influential in battlefield medicine. Civil War surgeons learned ... Among those saved by the saw was Daniel E. Sickles, the eccentric ...

Anyone who has seen a Civil War film or TV show has likely watched at least one scene of a surgeon grimly approaching a wounded soldier with saw in hand. Surgeons performed 60,000 amputations during ...

The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery reports the “flexible chain saw” was often used for amputations ... Civil War, as it caused less damage to the surrounding tissue than the more ...