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Amputations at the London Hospital 1852-1857
E J Chaloner1, H S Flora, R J Ham
1Academic Vascular Surgery Unit, University College Hospitals NHS Trust, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA, UK. eddie.chaloner@diversitynow.net
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
|July 20, 2001
Abstract:
Between 1852 and 1857 at the London Hospital, 142 amputations were performed in 136 patients. The most common indication was an injury sustained at work. Overall mortality was 46% and the death rate was especially high for lower-limb amputations. Most deaths were due to postoperative sepsis. Those who received chloroform anaesthesia did worse than those who received ether.
