Was just reading on pre 20th century amputations and how they strived to be as fast as possible, cutting through bone and all.
Why didn’t they just amputate at the joint, like a butcher cuts pork or beef? That would have been way faster than sawing off though bone.
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It is very likely that the first attempts at amputation were similar to the “butcher method” however the outcome would be less successful than performing the operation in stages.
For example, if you chopped off a leg with a sword above the knee in one blow you would be exposing several veins and arteries that would quickly cause rapid blood loss if not dealt with quickly. By making cuts that expose each one individually, they can be tied off until the only thing to deal with is the bone.
TLDR; If you try and amputate too quickly, you create more additional problems to solve than you can handle in a short time frame, leading to lower chances of a successful outcome.
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