Introduction and sources -- Natural causes of dismemberment -- Accidental causes for amputation : auto-amputation -- Ritual, punitive, legal and iatrogenic causes -- Cold steel and gunshot causes -- Elective amputation : early evoluation to the end of the 17th century -- Elective amputation : from the 18th century to 1846 -- Elective amputation : from 1846 to recent times -- Interpretations of amputation by society, patients, and surgeons -- Surgical instrumentation and equipment -- Indications, timing, and procedures -- Stumps : reattachment, management, complications, revision, and care for limb-fitting -- Artificial limbs and rehabilitation with contributions by Kingsley Robinson.
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