# How much could be amputated without killing the patient?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-be-amputated-without-killing-the-patient/586201>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 20, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-be-amputated-without-killing-the-patient/586201 "2011-06-20T20:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-be-amputated-without-killing-the-patient/586201/21 "2011-06-24T20:39:46Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> You’re one sick fuck, and I mean that in a good way. 😉

Concur. That was … detailed. :eek:

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**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-be-amputated-without-killing-the-patient/586201/22 "2011-06-25T05:00:33Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> Johnnie Got His Gun, the most frightening book I ever read (from 1938), Dalton Trumbo.

Oh my Og yes. I got hold of that book from a friend of my husband’s and I tell you what, I was messed up for a LOOONG time. :eek:

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