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of them hang by a piece of skin, a piece of the upper part of the middle joint of the 4th finger sliced of; – I believe this was some hours after the wound had been given, and being very late I deferred the operation till next morning, when I fod it necessary to cut off the middle fr & forefinger by sawing thro’ the bone of each a
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