Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Historic Environment: The Western Front.
The surgical removal of a limb to prevent the fatal spread of infection from a severe wound.
Amputation appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Medicine in Britain and the Western Front, especially Historic Environment: The Western Front and Injuries, Treatment and the Trenches.
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