How Amputation Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2014

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Amputation is one of the oldest surgeries and an even older punishment for crime, but it wasn't until the American Civil War and its 50,000 amputations that the procedure began to hit its stride. Learn about amputation and who it attracts in this episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuck You Should Know from HouseofWorks.com.
0:38.1	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.8	I'm Josh Clark in the Dynamic Duo Chuck Bryant.
0:48.2	Two men.
0:49.2	Yeah.
0:50.2	Eight Lens.
0:51.2	Yeah.
0:52.2	That's us.
0:53.2	So I hadn't really thought about it.
0:55.2	Yeah, we're fully intact.
0:56.2	Yeah, and I think missing a limb or a finger or a toe or anything like that.
1:04.1	I guess it's not something you think about until after it happens and then it probably
1:07.3	becomes one of the central foe chi of your life.
1:10.4	Do you know anyone missing a one?
1:12.7	No.
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