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The Gruesome Reality of Amputations in the Civil War
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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.

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