The Butchering Art
Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
Ranked #10 in Surgery, Ranked #15 in Pathology — see more rankings.
In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation. She conjures up early operating theaters--no place for the squeamish--and surgeons, working before anesthesia, who were lauded for their speed and brute strength. These medical pioneers knew that the aftermath of surgery was often more dangerous than their patients' afflictions, and they were baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high. At a time when surgery couldn't have been more hazardous, an... more
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- #34 in Anatomy
- #78 in History Of Science
- #43 in Medical
- #38 in Medicine
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