The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris (Paperback, 2018)
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The spellbinding story of a visionary British surgeon who changed medicine forever In The Butchering Art, historian Lindsey Fitzharris recreates a critical turning point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed surgery from a brutal, harrowing practice to the safe, vaunted profession we know today. Victorian operating theatres were known as 'gateways of death', Fitzharris reminds us, since half of those who underwent surgery didn't survive the experience. This was an era when a broken leg could lead to amputation, and surgeons were still known to ransack cemeteries to find cadavers. And in squalid, overcrowded hospitals, doctors remained baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high. At a time when surgery couldn't have been more dangerous, an unlikely figure stepped forward- Joseph Lister, a young Quaker surgeon. By making the audacious claim that germs were the source of all infection - and could be treated with antiseptics - he changed the history of medicine forever. With a novelist's eye for detail, Fitzharris brilliantly conjures up the grisly world of Victorian surgery, revealing how one of Britain's greatest medical minds finally brought centuries of savagery, sawing and gangrene to an end.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141983387
eBay Product ID (ePID)8046567237
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Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameThe Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedicine, Surgery, Science, History
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
AuthorLindsey Fitzharris
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight224 g
Item Width129 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorLindsey Fitzharris
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- 14 Dec, 2022
Compelling
If you have even the slightest interest in how hospital surgery has evolved, then this is the book for you. I read it straight through first time and will definitely read it again. Highly recommendVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Dec, 2019
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A GREAT READ ABOUT A SEISMIC MOMENT IN MEDICINE. RECOMMENDED.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
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