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Dr. Carl Schulman, a trauma surgeon from Jackson Memorial Hospital, prepared to amputate the majority of a gangrenous hand from the body of a young boy. Doctors were confronting crush wounds, such as this one, that had festered under dirty bandages for days. Often, the only option was amputation.

Dr. Carl Schulman, a trauma surgeon from Jackson Memorial Hospital, prepared to amputate the majority of a gangrenous hand from the body of a young boy. Doctors were confronting crush wounds, such as this one, that had festered under dirty bandages for days. Often, the only option was amputation.