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Amputations and Infection in the Civil War Hospital
Of the almost thirty thousand amputations recorded in the Union Army, the mortality rate was 26.3 percent. Were Civil War physicians “butchers” then? This question is perhaps best answered by ...
Amputations, iron hands, wooden legs: A history of artificial body parts
Where did that idea come from? Scholars often depict the American Civil War as an early watershed. Amputations were the most ...
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GM dealer downsizing could lead to barrage of lawsuits
As reported previously, GM's plan to shrink its retailers from nearly 6,300 to 3,700 by the end of 2010 is going to be as painful as a Civil War amputation. Initially, General Motors will deny ...
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Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Sarah E. Chinn, Hunter College, City University of New York During the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of men were injured, and underwent amputation of hands, feet, limbs, fingers, and toes. As the ...
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Amputations and Infection in the Civil War Hospital
Of the almost thirty thousand amputations recorded in the Union Army, the mortality rate was 26.3 percent. Were Civil War physicians “butchers” then? This question is perhaps best answered by ...
One man may be behind the pit of 4,000 bones discovered in Fort Mason
It was a gruesome find. Limb bones with saw marks. Skulls cut in half. Long ribs, pelvic bones and sections of vertebrae. Over 4,000 human bones and bone fragments in all, tumbled together in a pit ...