The butchering art : Joseph Lister's quest to transform the grisly world of Victorian medicine / Lindsey Fitzharris.
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TextPublication details: UK: Allen Lane, 2017Edition: First editionISBN: 9780374117290 (hardcover)Subject(s): Surgeons -- Great Britain -- Biography | Surgery -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912DDC classification: 617.092 | B Other classification:
Contents:
Prologue : The age of agony -- Through the lens -- Houses of death -- The sutured gut -- The altar of science -- The napoleon of surgery -- The frog's legs -- Cleanliness & godliness -- They're all dead -- The storm -- The glass garden -- The queen's abscess -- Epilogue : The dark curtain, raised.
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Main Library | English | 617.092 FIT/B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 450714 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-266) and index.
Prologue : The age of agony -- Through the lens -- Houses of death -- The sutured gut -- The altar of science -- The napoleon of surgery -- The frog's legs -- Cleanliness & godliness -- They're all dead -- The storm -- The glass garden -- The queen's abscess -- Epilogue : The dark curtain, raised.
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