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Amputations and Infection in the Civil War Hospital

Editor's Note: Dr. Shauna Devine is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the Schulich ...
WRAL

The remains of 2 soldiers were found in a Civil War amputation pit. Now, they'll get a proper burial at Arlington

Their remains had been lost in time, buried in a shallow amputation pit, but now two Civil War soldiers will finally be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Their remains had been lost in time ...
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Live Science

Remains of 4 Confederate soldiers, amputated legs and gold coins found at a Civil War battlefield in Virginia

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The Frederick News-Post

Cast of Civil War general's amputated leg on loan at Frederick museum

Today, the most interesting reminder of Daniel Sickles, a 19th-century Army general, might be his amputated leg bone, a cast ...
The Washington Post

Amputations, iron hands, wooden legs: A history of artificial body parts

Knight with the iron hand — the "Iron Hand" of Goetz von Berlichingen; made by a goldsmith — all fingers could be moved individually. (Ullstein Bild/Getty Images) Perspective by Heidi Hausse The human ...