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Pvt. Samuel Decker, . Double amputation of the forearms for injury caused by the premature explosion of a gun on 8 October 1862, at the Battle of Perryville, KY. Shown with self-designed prosthetics. Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine

Pvt. Samuel Decker, . Double amputation of the forearms for injury caused by the premature explosion of a gun on 8 October 1862, at the Battle of Perryville, KY. Shown with self-designed prosthetics. Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine

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