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Civil war battle wound question
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:49 am
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:49 am
What is it almost always guaranteed that if you got shot in the arm or leg that appendage would be amputated?
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Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:51 am to Geekboy
Merry Christmas everyone
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:52 am to Geekboy
Too bad your granddad didn’t get shot in the penis.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:52 am to Geekboy
Hold on. Let me hop in my time machine and find out
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:53 am to Geekboy
Pretty much yeah although not always. Usually infection due to insanitary conditions and "surgeons" not knowing back then to keep things sterile.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:54 am to Purple Spoon
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Merry Christmas everyone
Posted on 12/25/18 at 8:56 am to beerJeep
Obviously the dr’s did not have the technology, or time for bone reconstruction, or physical therapy needed for such wounds. No antiobotics either.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 9:05 am to kjntgr
Posted on 12/25/18 at 9:06 am to Geekboy
Go watch dances with wolves
Posted on 12/25/18 at 9:07 am to Geekboy
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What is it almost always guaranteed that if you got shot in the arm or leg that appendage would be amputated?
Just for funsies. You know, to brighten up what was otherwise a dreary day.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 9:12 am to Geekboy
Damn Yankees had them fragmenting roundballs
Posted on 12/25/18 at 10:02 am to Geekboy
.58 caliber lead ball can do some damage, baw.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 10:06 am to Geekboy
Those mini balls could splinter bone like an blunt axe to wood. Frightening stuff.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 10:31 am to Geekboy
If it hit bone.... night night.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 10:32 am to Geekboy
If it involved a shattered bone, pretty much yes
Posted on 12/25/18 at 11:16 am to Geekboy
No anesthisia, or antiseptic. The concept of a sterile field and infection from surgery was not discovered until 1880's ish...
Posted on 12/25/18 at 11:44 am to Geekboy
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What is it almost always guaranteed that if you got shot in the arm or leg that appendage would be amputated?
Depends upon how much damage to the bone.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 11:48 am to Geekboy
Military technology was ahead of medical technology.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 11:51 am to Geekboy
According to what I've read (wasn't there), the low velocity grape shot or mini ball would shatter up to 6" of bone instead of punching through the bone like a modern day high velocity ball round. Even today 6" of shattered bone is a tough wound to deal with. Back then, impossible.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 11:56 am to mandevilletiger34
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Dr. Tichenor
First to introduce the use of alcohol-based antiseptics for wound cleaning to prevent infection.
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He was badly wounded in the leg in 1863, and amputation was recommended. He insisted on treating his wounds with an alcohol-based solution of his own devising. His wound healed, and he regained the use of his leg.
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He is interred in Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, La.
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