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From the Vault: Invention of the Chainsaw, Part 2

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Chainsaw, a Scottish Invention

Two different Scottish inventors in the 18th century may have independently come up with the concept of a medical chainsaw. We're originally talking about a non-mechanical invention which cut on the concave side. So this was handheld, hand powered, you pull it back and forth. Very much in common with some of those chain based cutting techniques that we were talking about in the first episode.

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