Civil War Battlefield 'Limb Pit' Reveals Combat Surgeon Work

[ChemAir]

"Scientists have uncovered a pit of human bones at a Civil War battlefield in Virginia. The remains are the amputated limbs of wounded Union soldiers.

It's the first "limb pit" from a Civil War battlefield to be excavated, and experts say it opens a new window on what is often overlooked in Civil War history: the aftermath of battle, the agony of survivors and the trials of early combat surgeons."
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...bat-surgeons?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Everything I found seems sourced from the NPR site.

 

[Bystander]

" They reveal tiny striations left by the saws. Owsley says they show that the surgeons sawed expertly: starting slowly to set the saw teeth, then quickly through the bone, then slowly on the way out to avoid exit damage." ..., "maybe" with chloroform.