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To: Dumpster Baby

The really bad thing about these is that you didn’t get a “flesh wound” if you got hit in the arm or leg. Chances were, you got a compound fracture that required them to amputate.


62 posted on 07/03/2008 10:38:49 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
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To: LS

It’s unfortunate the reputation Civil War doctors have due to the large number of amputations performed. The wounds were so severe that amputation would in most cases be the only option even today.


64 posted on 07/03/2008 12:36:50 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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