Amputation Instruments #2 Photograph by Science Photo Library

Amputation Instruments #2

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Amputation Instruments #2

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Amputation instruments. This set of surgeon's instruments is French and dates from about 1840. It includes forceps, tourniquet, Liston knives (bottom) designed for rapid cutting of soft tissues around the bone, and saws for cutting through bone. Amputation was generally the only treatment option when infection or trauma occurred in the limbs and extremities in early nineteenth century medicine. Survival rates for amputees were very low. Anaesthesia and antiseptic surgical techniques were introduced in the second half of the 19th century. These allowed the development of more refined surgical techniques and reduced infection, and amputation survival rates greatly improved.

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