Amputation avec wigs! The far-right image depicts a clamp, which halted bloodflow to the limb being amputated. So, you know, people didn’t bleed to death and stuff. A General System of Surgery in Three Parts. Laurence Heister, 1745.

Amputation avec wigs!

The far-right image depicts a clamp, which halted bloodflow to the limb being amputated. So, you know, people didn’t bleed to death and stuff.

A General System of Surgery in Three Parts. Laurence Heister, 1745.

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