Illustration of a leg amputation performed in the home,from a surgical work of 1592 (source unknown). The brazier on the right heats the irons used to cauterise the wound. Amputation was often the only course of action following a serious wound,due to sepsis,or blood poisoning. Not until 1867,when Joseph Lister introduced the use of antiseptics to prevent infection of surgical wounds,was sepsis brought under control | |
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