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On amputation at the ankle-joint by internal lateral flap.

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Monthly J. med. Sci., 9, 951-54. 1849 CE.

“Mackenzie’s operation”, a modification of Syme’s amputation (No. 4459). Mackenzie volunteered for service in the Crimean War and died of Asiatic cholera near Sebastopol.

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