[AMP-L] The Barbaric History of Amputation

[Wayne Renardson]

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Amputation as punishment

Some of our ancestors have used amputation as punishment. This was 
indeed the case in Babylonian times, as well as in ancient Peru and 
during the Roman and Byzantine periods.

The rest of the story, with slide show, here:  

https://tinyurl.com/2q8ab8md

Wayne R.