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Butchering Art : Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Butchering Art : Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine, Paperback by Fitzharris, Lindsey, ISBN 0374537968, ISBN-13 9780374537968, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Presents an account of how Quaker surgeon Joseph Lister developed an antiseptic method that indelibly changed medicine, describing the practices and risks of early operating theaters as well as the belief systems of Lister's contemporaries.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100374537968
ISBN-139780374537968
eBay Product ID (ePID)242517434
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameButchering Art : Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCultural Heritage, Surgery / General, Modern / 19th Century, Medical, History
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History, Medical
AuthorLindsey Fitzharris
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal617.092
SynopsisWinner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Short-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly A Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail " --Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake In The Butchering Art , the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters--no place for the squeamish--and surgeons, who, working before anesthesia, were lauded for their speed and brute strength. These pioneers knew that the aftermath of surgery was often more dangerous than 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 unlikely figure stepped forward: a young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister, who would solve the riddle and change the course of history. Fitzharris dramatically reconstructs Lister's career path to his audacious claim that germs were the source of all infection and could be countered by a sterilizing agent applied to wounds. She introduces us to Lister's contemporaries--some of them brilliant, some outright criminal--and leads us through the grimy schools and squalid hospitals where they learned their art, the dead houses where they studied, and the cemeteries they ransacked for cadavers. Eerie and illuminating, The Butchering Art celebrates the triumph of a visionary surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world., In The Butchering Art, Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation. As surgeons put on their blood-streaked aprons and aligned their instruments, hundreds of men would crowd into a dirty operating theater, ready to be enthralled by the spectacle, In a time before anesthesia, surgeons were lauded for their speed and brute strength-surgery was a show. But no matter how quick the operation, the mortality rate for patients was just as high as ever. Surgeons were baffled by the mysterious ailments that claimed the lives of their patients, until an unlikely figure stepped forward: a young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister, who would solve the deadly riddle and change the course of history. Fitzharris dramatically reconstructs Lister's career path in gripping detail, culminating in his audacious claim that germs were the source of all infection-and could he countered by antiseptics, Eerie and illuminating. The Butchering Art celebrates the triumph of a visionary surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world. Book jacket., Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Short-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly A Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail!" --Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake In The Butchering Art , the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters--no place for the squeamish--and surgeons, who, working before anesthesia, were lauded for their speed and brute strength. These pioneers knew that the aftermath of surgery was often more dangerous than 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 unlikely figure stepped forward: a young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister, who would solve the riddle and change the course of history. Fitzharris dramatically reconstructs Lister's career path to his audacious claim that germs were the source of all infection and could be countered by a sterilizing agent applied to wounds. She introduces us to Lister's contemporaries--some of them brilliant, some outright criminal--and leads us through the grimy schools and squalid hospitals where they learned their art, the dead houses where they studied, and the cemeteries they ransacked for cadavers. Eerie and illuminating, The Butchering Art celebrates the triumph of a visionary surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world., Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Short-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly A Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian Warning: She spares no detail --Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake In The Butchering Art , the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters--no place for the squeamish--and surgeons, who, working before anesthesia, were lauded for their speed and brute strength. These pioneers knew that the aftermath of surgery was often more dangerous than 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 unlikely figure stepped forward: a young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister, who would solve the riddle and change the course of history. Fitzharris dramatically reconstructs Lister's career path to his audacious claim that germs were the source of all infection and could be countered by a sterilizing agent applied to wounds. She introduces us to Lister's contemporaries--some of them brilliant, some outright criminal--and leads us through the grimy schools and squalid hospitals where they learned their art, the dead houses where they studied, and the cemeteries they ransacked for cadavers. Eerie and illuminating, The Butchering Art celebrates the triumph of a visionary surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world.
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- Jun 21, 2020
Finished reading it and started reading it again.
I found the facts interesting and the story was also very compelling. The story was written in a very easy to read (enjoyable) form. I wish Lindsey Fitzharris had written other stories. I would definitely buy them.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 16, 2019
Interesting and informative.
A well-written and informative account of one of the greatest contributors to modern medicine. Well worth the read. Not for the overly squeamish.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 09, 2020
Great buy, good read.
Veryinteresting, especially if you're interested in the history of medicine and especially surgery.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jan 02, 2025
Not in very good shape due to cover and ...
Not in very good shape due to cover and spine being tornVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 31, 2023
good read
good readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jun 24, 2020
good
goodVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
