Still better than "Amputated the leg in under 2 1⁄2 minutes (the patient died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene; they usually did in those pre-Listerian days). He amputated in addition the fingers of his young assistant (who died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene). He also slashed through the coat tails of a distinguished surgical spectator, who was so terrified that the knife had pierced his vitals he dropped dead from fright. That was the only operation in history with a 300 percent mortality."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston

“ Amputated the leg in 2 1⁄2 minutes, but in his enthusiasm the patient's testicles as well.”

Sounds made up, but I’d it’s not, that’s fucked up. You can’t do that by mistake.

Big knife, big slices, lots of force behind it... I can see it. A 2 minute amputation means they were going pretty fast.