Amputation, 1517

Woodcut, 1517. Illustration appears in Feldtbuch der Wundartzney a manual for the military surgeon. Man in chair having leg amputated, interior scene with surgeon and assistant, and spectator who has lost left hand. Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery (removal of all or part of a limb, an organ, or projecting part or process of the body). As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for such problems. Amputation most often occurs with severe limb injuries in which the limb cannot be spared or attempts to spare the limb have failed

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