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  1. pdfLife and Limb Brochure 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../PR_Information_Resources/LL_Brochure.pdf
    ... of the operations performed during the war, were amputations. Although seemingly drastic, the operation was intended to ... a limb was widely feared by soldiers. LEFT: Amputation in front of a hospital tent, Gettysburg, July ...
  2. The Many Faces of Diabetes: Complications and Debility in Late 20th Century America – Circulating Now from the NLM ... 
    https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/...y-in-late-20th-century-america
    ... are worthy of more individual exploration by scholars. Amputations, chronic kidney failure, cardiovascular disease, retinopathy , and headaches ... My work has dealt quite a bit with amputations as an epidemic within an epidemic. Minority groups ...
  3. 2019New_Mesh_Tree_Hierarchy.txt 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../download/2019New_Mesh_Tree_Hierarchy.txt
    ... 500 Nipples A01.378 Extremities A01.378.100 Amputation Stumps A01.378.610 Lower Extremity A01.378. ... Splenosis C26.017.809 Stomach Rupture C26.062 Amputation, Traumatic C26.088 Arm Injuries C26.088.268 ...
  4. pdf2016MeshTree.pdf 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2016/download/2016MeshTree.pdf
    ... 500...........................................Nipples A01.378...........................................Extremities A01.378.100...........................................Amputation Stumps A01.378.610...........................................Lower Extremity A01.378. ...
  5. pdf2017MeshTreesWithChangesShown.pdf 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../2017MeshTreesWithChangesShown.pdf
    ... 500 Nipples - A01.378 Extremities - A01.378.100 Amputation Stumps - A01.378.610 Lower Extremity - A01.378. ... Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic Splenic Rupture Splenosis Stomach Rupture Amputation, Traumatic Arm Injuries Forearm Injuries Radius Fractures Ulna ...
  6. Surgeon-General's Office correspondence acknowledging receipt of circular nos. 1-7 
    https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/ammp/resources/sgo007 - 34K
    ... the Rebellion. - no. 7 (1867), A report on amputations at the hip-joint in military surgery. Correspondents ... the Rebellion. - no. 7 (1867), A report on amputations at the hip-joint in military surgery. Correspondents ...
  7. NLM Classification 2023 Winter Edition Now Available. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2023 Jan–Feb 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/...m_classification_2023_winter_edition.html
    ... 2023 MeSH African Americans Black or African American Amputation Amputation, Surgical Aneurysm, Dissecting Aortic Dissection American Native Continental ...
  8. Percivall Pott: Orthopedics and Occupational Health – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections 
    https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/...pedics-and-occupational-health
    ... fellow surgeons were called in to consult and amputation was thought the only way to save his ... His mentor Edward Nourse intervened and stopped the amputation, and Pott spent three months in bed while ...
  9. Past History Talks - National Library of Medicine 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/lectures/history_talks.html
    ... the many complications of this chronic disease, including amputations, chronic kidney failure, disability, and the ramifications of ... Secondly, this talk highlights the dual epidemics of amputation and chronic kidney disease that reveal staggering inequalities ...
  10. Medical Library Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport 
    https://lib.sh.lsuhsc.edu/node/11
    ... of the collection include a Civil War-era amputation kit, vintage electrocardiographs, microscopes, and early electroconvulsive therapy ...
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