Amputation, Traumatic

Loss of a limb or other bodily appendage by accidental injury.

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Private Lewis Francis was wounded July 21, 1861, at the First Battle of Bull Run by a bayonet to the knee.

Alfred A. Stratton, an American Civil War veteran and double amputee

The 18th century guide to amputations

Although this amputee was wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq, his injury is very similar to the type inflicted by a GYATA-64 mine

Aron Ralston, an outdoorsman who was forced to amputate his own right arm with a multi-tool after having it trapped between a boulder and a canyon wall.

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Wikipedia

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