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Surgical Techniques in the Past
35:11 - 41:22 (06:10)
In the past, surgical techniques involved tying off arteries and veins with cotton thread or horsehair to control bleeding and smoothing down the edges of bones before covering the wound with a flap of skin.
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35:11 - 37:20 (02:08)
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ChapterSurgical Techniques in the Past
Episode131: Surgeons or Butchers? Medical Monstrosities of America’s Deadliest War. Gettysburg National Military Park.
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Surgeons during the Civil War used chloroform as an anesthetic for amputations, but if it was not available, patients were given laudanum or brandy.
37:20 - 39:15 (01:54)
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Surgeons during the Civil War used chloroform as an anesthetic for amputations, but if it was not available, patients were given laudanum or brandy. Amputations were often performed on makeshift operating tables consisting of a plank or door balanced on two sawhorses.
ChapterSurgical Techniques in the Past
Episode131: Surgeons or Butchers? Medical Monstrosities of America’s Deadliest War. Gettysburg National Military Park.
PodcastNational Park After Dark
Surgeons from the past utilized primitive techniques to perform bone surgery such as cutting through the skin layers and muscle tissue down to the bone with a smaller knife, tying off veins to control bleeding, and administering anesthesia in the form of chloroform on a sponge or rag before using a bone saw or hacksaw to cut through the bone.
39:15 - 41:22 (02:06)
Summary
Surgeons from the past utilized primitive techniques to perform bone surgery such as cutting through the skin layers and muscle tissue down to the bone with a smaller knife, tying off veins to control bleeding, and administering anesthesia in the form of chloroform on a sponge or rag before using a bone saw or hacksaw to cut through the bone.