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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Didn't they use large doses of nicotine?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it was more like a large amount of whiskey, a cloth to bite on and 3 to 5 people to hold you down whilst they sawed off your leg as quickly as possible.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you were lucky, you'd get laudanum, which is a mixture of opium and alcohol.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

That sounds absolutely awesome tbh

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