Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

8 reviews

beepbeep101's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris has become a must-read author for me. I read her second book, The Facemaker, first, which was one of the best books I read last year. I highly anticipate anything else she comes out with, should she publish more in the future! 

Her writing reads, if not like fiction, as smoothly as a novel in most places. I grew up hearing medical terms around the dinner table, as my dad is a family physician, so I may have a head start on other readers - but there were few times that I had to stop to re-read a section or look up a term. Fitzharris defines concepts well for the layman. Most of the times I had to re-read anything were quotes using antiquated jargon. 

I remember learning about pasteurization in school, and I, as many today, take for granted all of the antiseptic steps we go through today with even just treating scrapes. But learning about the process we went through to get there and about the lives of these individuals brings so much more perspective! I knew roughly the timeline for transitioning from miasma to germ theory, but reading in more detail about how we figured it out and the reactions of the medical community is fascinating and just….awe-inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism

rafacolog's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Terminal illness, and Blood

nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

carlafiorenzo's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

roadki77's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

An amazingly informative book, though not for the squeamish. So entertaining that I almost forgot it was non-fiction!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

lizzyrai's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

brandonlicata's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Incredible piece of scientific history woven through with the humanity and challenges that shaped a visionary’s career.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

mandkips's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness