A History of Limb Amputation

A History of Limb Amputation traces humanity's long experience of natural amputations due to congenital absence, disease, frostbite, toxins, domestic and wild animal trauma, and for non-medical reasons related to punitive, ritual, and legal actions, ultimately leading to the development of elec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kirkup, John R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Surgery.
Orthopedic surgery.
Medicine-History.
Anesthesiology.
Surgical Orthopedics.
History of Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • and Sources
  • Natural Causes of Dismemberment
  • Accidental Causes for Amputation: Auto-Amputation
  • Ritual, Punitive, Legal and Iatrogenic Causes
  • Cold Steel and Gunshot Causes
  • Elective Amputation: Early Evolution to the End of the 17th Century
  • Elective Amputation: From the 18th Century to 1846
  • Elective Amputation: From 1846 to Recent Times
  • Interpretations of Amputation by Society, Patients and Surgeons
  • Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment
  • Indications, Timing and Procedures
  • Stumps: Reattachment,Management, Complications, Revision and Care for Limb-Fitting
  • Artificial Limbs and Rehabilitation.

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