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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 ...
Amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
But even now, amputation rates remain high in Sierra Leone due to motorbike accidents, poor medical care and delayed ...
‘We fall and we rise’: Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
From 1991 to 2002, conflict in the West African country created some 28,000 amputees. Amputation by machete was one terror ...
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 ...
The Atlantic5y
Heroes of a Civil War Victory That History Forgot
the other having been so badly mutilated it needed immediate amputation. For all that, New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree ...
Autoblog15y
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 ...
PBS8y
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 ...