The Turks had been Mutilating the wounded-at least so it was said-and we were anxious none should again fall into their hands.
"The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde""
George Davidson
But when the enemy were routed and in confused retreat, they fell upon them, and, despite the remonstrances of the white men, committed the most appalling atrocities, Mutilating the dead, and cutting off the arms and legs of the living, in order the more easily to obtain their brass rings and ornaments.
"The Settler and the Savage"
R.M. Ballantyne
These people, who at the embalming of the dead opened the body of the deceased, had become despised for their office of Mutilating the sacred temple of the soul; but no paraschites chose his calling of his own free will.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers