. Old civilizations of Inca land. Incas; Indians of South America. AI • 111K \ i:m ents IN ('IT un t h k 10; In Peru, where clubs with star-shaped heads of stone and copper, and sHngs for throwinji; stones were in conunon use, fracture of the skull nuist have been of frequent occurrence, and trephining often resorted to in such cases. It is altogether probable that the operation was also performed on account of some religious belief. Amputation of the foot seems to have been a common surgical operation in the coast region, as a number of. Fig. 53. Prehistoric Surgery: Pottery vessels showing a
. Old civilizations of Inca land. Incas; Indians of South America. AI • 111K \ i:m ents IN ('IT un t h k 10; In Peru, where clubs with star-shaped heads of stone and copper, and sHngs for throwinji; stones were in conunon use, fracture of the skull nuist have been of frequent occurrence, and trephining often resorted to in such cases. It is altogether probable that the operation was also performed on account of some religious belief. Amputation of the foot seems to have been a common surgical operation in the coast region, as a number of. Fig. 53. Prehistoric Surgery: Pottery vessels showing ampu- tation of the foot (at the left) and the placing of a cap over the stump. In Fig. 48 one of the dancing figures wears such a stump. pottery human figures in the Museum's collection repre- sent men who have lost one or both feet. These figures show the skin drawn over the stump, as it would be by a surgeon today (Fig. 53). It seems highly probable that this operation was made necessary by a small sand flea {Eremita analoga), which is very common in the desert parts of the Peruvian coast, and which burrows into the sole of the foot to deposit its egg sack. This. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mead, Charles W. (Charles Williams), 1845-1928. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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