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I saw the picture before I read the title, what a roller coaster of emotions that was. I thought he was going to amputate his foot.
"You have a little sniffle, sir. I'm afraid we're going to have to take the whole foot." - medicine before antibiotics
Reminds me of the "plague doctor" greentexts
"you should have drank the pee"
AMPUTATION!?!? That's how They™️ put the evil spirits into you that send smoke signals to the Queen!
-Antiamputationers
Might as well while we're removing the irons -- 1900 doctors probably
I saw the picture after the title and still thought that for a second