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A Midnight Amputation Marker
Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: April 22, 2022
Caption: A Midnight Amputation Marker
Additional Description: photo caption

Tools used by McGuire that evening.
1. Scalpels for tissue incisions
2. Locking forceps to hold skin
3. Artery forceps
4. Bone brush
5. Capital bone saw
6. Catlin (amputation knives
7. Tenacilum for holding arteries
8. Tourniquet

The surgical set McGuire used to amputate Jackson's arm.
Courtesy Joseph E. Grove II Family, photo by Kitt Creative, Fredericksburg, Va.
Submitted: April 25, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p651333
File Size: 3.757 Megabytes

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