![Depiction of leg amputation from an early treatise on gangrene and necrosis PART II.
Wilhelm Fabricus von Hilden. De Gangraena et sphacelo. Oppenheim, Hieronimi GAllieri, Johannis-Theodore de Bry, [1617]. First edition: 1593.
Morton 5566: “Fabricus, the ‘Father of German surgery’ was the first to advocate amputation above the gangrenous part or injured part. He is accredited with the first amputation of the thigh.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7z5gy0W8l1qb54noo1_1280.jpg)
Depiction of leg amputation from an early treatise on gangrene and necrosis PART II.
Wilhelm Fabricus von Hilden. De Gangraena et sphacelo. Oppenheim, Hieronimi GAllieri, Johannis-Theodore de Bry, [1617]. First edition: 1593.
Morton 5566: “Fabricus, the ‘Father of German surgery’ was the first to advocate amputation above the gangrenous part or injured part. He is accredited with the first amputation of the thigh.”
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