This is how to perform an amputation in the 19th century

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#AbsoluteHistory

[CraftsOthers]

That 2 and a half minutes probably felt like a year.

[melissaclass]

Fun fact: Robert was one of very few doctors who practiced cleanliness. And he very often got ridiculed for it. Back then, the more blood on your apron and gloves showed that you were more experienced. He was also the one to create some new medical tools, and anesthesia! I suggest you check out some videos on him, as I find him an very interesting man

[mosalacommodore]

As a leg amputee myself, I'm really glad I was born in the 1990s and not the 1790s

[snape_head]

"To pull out the veins" is when I lost it

[bugeyes]

"i was born in the wrong generation" has been awfully quiet after this dropped

[aliciagarrison]

As a surgical technologist, I will say the surgical instruments used for amputations nowadays haven't changed. I have used an amputation tray with those very instruments.

[alioonyy]

why am i casually having multiple shorts about amputation in the middle of the night...

[Aqunts]

“one last short before bed”

the short:

[BallinVengeance]

Honestly, him trying to be as quick as possible was the best thing he could’ve done for the patient.

[dylee]

I felt literal chills when you showed his tools

[mbing]

Bro it the amputation room kinda looks like a court room that also acts like a death row room😂

[thcryptd]

For those wondering- the 300% mortality rate was a surgery where the patient died of infection, his assistant, who had his fingers accidentally amputated during the procedure, also died of infection, and an onlooker apparently died of shock.
The average surgeon doing the procedure had 1 in 4 patients die, but Liston only had 1 in 10.

[The_Official_You]

Hearing that they used tweezers to pinch out their blood vessels made me the most violently uncomfortable I’ve ever felt

[julianjeffbissette]

Here in the small town of Bailey, North Carolina where I'm from we have a museum called the Country Doctors Museum where you can see all of these tools mentioned above along with many other tools of the time. At one time it was the only museum of it's kind here in the USA.

[habibaabdirahman]

Amputation without anesthesia is what’s happening in Gaza to all ages. It’s happening today. 💔

[Lusana]

Ripping the nerves out 💀 just kill me good sir

[Burnt_Spaghetio]

“And they just had to pull out the veins and tie them off”☠️

[Siriussky]

And he was one of the only doctors of the time who washed his hands before surgery

[combatsjunklist]

If anesthesia didn't exist, i would already pass out unconcious 💀💀

[DoodleDemon]

My leg is now tightly wrapped in a blanket, thank you very much.