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AMPUTATION THROUGH THE AGES: THE OLDEST MAJOR SURGICAL OPERATION
Author(s) -
Magee Reginald
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04843.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , punitive damages , surgery , general surgery , general anaesthesia , law , political science
Amputation has been practised since neolithic times for punitive, therapeutic and ritualistic reasons. Until the development and adoption of general anaesthesia, it was the most major operation to which a surgeon could aspire and a speedy technique was essential. Many famous names have been associated with this operation in both military and civilian surgery. amputation, surgical history.