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The Gruesome History of Bone Surgery
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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.

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