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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhy were chainsaws invented? 😳😳👀😱
Two doctors invented the chainsaw in 1780 to make the removal of pelvic bone easier and less time-consuming during childbirth. It was powered by a hand crank and looked like a modern-day kitchen knife with little teeth on a chain that wound in an oval.
https://www.babygaga.com/chainsaws-invented-helping-with-childbirth/
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Why were chainsaws invented? 😳😳👀😱 (Original Post)
underpants
Feb 2022
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Turbineguy
(39,511 posts)1. Then they invented ear plugs.
It was much later that anesthesia came along.
Sneederbunk
(16,888 posts)2. Then one of the doctors used the contraption to trim shrubbery.
And the rest is history.
onethatcares
(16,922 posts)3. now they use those
small razors to trim the shrubbery.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)4. And that was modern technology for modern medicine in its day.