The Butchering Art

Item: The Butchering Art
Rating: 4
Author: josxuo

Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

By Lindsey Fitzharris

Wild to think we are so close in time to surgery and medicine that had no concept of germ theory, and that even actively disputed or scorned the notion. The difficult and sometimes personal politics of advancing a good idea is disheartening. How many good things are we missing out on because their discoverers weren't up to the fight?

304 pages

Published Oct 1, 2018 by Scientific American

Biography & Autobiography - Medical

Medical - History

Medical - Infection Control

Medical - Surgery - General

History - Modern - 19th Century

History - Modern - 21st Century