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100	1		_aKirkup, John. _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA History of Limb Amputation _h[electronic resource] / _cby John Kirkup.
264		1	_aLondon : _bSpringer London, _c2007.
300			_aVIII, 184 p. 99 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0		_aand 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.
520			_aA 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 elective surgical amputation. While the evolution of surgical techniques forms a major chapter in the book, many ancillary problems are addressed including the control of hemorrhage and infection, the approach to pain relief, the development of suitable instruments and equipment, and the invention of prostheses, all suitably illuminated with case histories and relevant illustrations. In addition, alternative procedures designed to avoid amputation, increasingly important in the last two centuries, are debated, and factors associated with self-amputation in extremis, not rare according to press reports, are also examined. A separate chapter considers the philosophy and interpretations of society, patients, and surgeons faced with amputation, particularly before anesthesia. The book will be of interest to medical and social historians, surgeons, and nurses undertaking amputations, limb-fitting surgeons and prosthetists, limb manufacturers, and amputees themselves.
650		0	_aMedicine.
650		0	_aAnesthesiology.
650		0	_aOrthopedics.
650		0	_aSurgery.
650		0	_aMedicine _xHistory.
650	1	4	_aMedicine & Public Health.
650	2	4	_aSurgery.
650	2	4	_aSurgical Orthopedics.
650	2	4	_aHistory of Medicine.
650	2	4	_aAnesthesiology.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781846284434
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-509-7
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950			_aMedicine (Springer-11650)
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