• zqwzzle
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    1 year ago

    “Fun” fact: chainsaws (not a forestry chainsaw, think more of those portable survival chain saws) were invented by an obstetrician to more quickly separate the pelvis for difficult childbirth.

    Also consider: electricity, germ theory and anaesthetics were not developed at this point.

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        1 year ago

        Is that the osteotome, or is there a newer name?

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          Na na… The osteotome is a blade(if you want to call it that) with cutting surface on both sides. It is the bone saw

          Osteotome

          Bone saw

          Apparently Google says both of them of as osteotome, but my medical books never referred to them as such… So who knows