Saws have been around since prehistoric times and used for a plethora of different uses, such as cutting wood.

The most well-known medical use of saws was for amputations. This use of amputations, using saws, has continued all the way to modern times.

The only major advancement in using saws for medical purposes was when Louis Pasteur began sterilizing his tools, increasing the successes of his operations. Before the process of sterilization, using saws for amputations often lead to other diseases from the rusty or worn saw, such as major infection or possibly Gangrene

In modern practices surgeons use more precise and efficient saws to help slice through a person either for an amputation or possible for study of cadavers, by mostly using a bone saw.

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