This was successfully carried out on both forearms, at the middle third, the patient losing hardly any blood and complaining of little pain.

The great relief afforded by this operation so changed his aversion to being operated upon that on the next day he begged to have both legs amputated in the same manner, which was done, three days afterward, with the same favorable result.
After some minor complications the patient left for his home, perfectly recovered, June 9, 1866.
Begg of Dundee successfully performed quadruple amputation on a woman, the victim of idiopathic gangrene.

With artificial limbs she was able to earn a livelihood by selling fancy articles which she made herself.
This woman died in 1885, and the four limbs, mounted on a lay figure, were placed in the Royal College of Surgeons, in London.

Wallace, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, has successfully removed both forearms, one leg, and half of the remaining foot, for frost-bite.

Allen describes the case of a boy of eight who was run over by a locomotive, crushing his right leg, left foot, and left forearm to such an extent as to necessitate primary triple amputation at the left elbow, left foot, and right leg, the boy recovering.