Magee R. Amputation through the ages: the oldest major surgical operation.
THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF SURGERY 1998;
68:675-8. [PMID:
9737268 DOI:
10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04843.x]
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Abstract
Amputation has been practised since neolithic times for punitive, therapeutic and ritualistic reasons. Until the development and adoption of general anaesthesia, it was the most major operation to which a surgeon could aspire and a speedy technique was essential. Many famous names have been associated with this operation in both military and civilian surgery.
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