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Amputation below the knee

Amputation below the knee.jpg Advertisement for phlebotomy and cupping instrumentsThumbnailsAn early illustration of the octagonal scarificatorAdvertisement for phlebotomy and cupping instrumentsThumbnailsAn early illustration of the octagonal scarificatorAdvertisement for phlebotomy and cupping instrumentsThumbnailsAn early illustration of the octagonal scarificatorAdvertisement for phlebotomy and cupping instrumentsThumbnailsAn early illustration of the octagonal scarificatorAdvertisement for phlebotomy and cupping instrumentsThumbnailsAn early illustration of the octagonal scarificatorAdvertisement for phlebotomy and cupping instrumentsThumbnailsAn early illustration of the octagonal scarificatorAdvertisement for phlebotomy and cupping instrumentsThumbnailsAn early illustration of the octagonal scarificator

This is the first picture of an amputation known

From Gerssdorff’s woodcut, reproduced in Gurlt’s “Geschichte der Chirurgie”