Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

19 reviews

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

selfsoulfriend's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

fwee's review against another edition

dark funny informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, and Medical trauma

bronbaewr's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Sexual violence, and Excrement

Minor: Ableism

hanarama's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

A well written narrative of Dr. Joseph Lister, the man that successfully introduced hand washing and anti-septic practices to Western medicine. 

Fitzharris provides a lot of historical insight into Victorian medical practices, highlighting how gruesome and ineffectual they often were before germ theory was fully accepted and understood. She presents the narrative in an interesting and easy to follow manner, giving the reader enough background to understand Lister's impact without bogging down the biographical aspects. 

I wonder if there was some information left out of the narrative though. It's well known now that racial minorities and women were often treated with experimental procedures against their will. The book doesn't make it clear if Lister also did this, though he was known to have better bedside manner and empathy towards his patients for the time. I would have liked for this topic to have been explored more so that we could see how Lister fit into this terrible aspect of medical history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Blood

abreadtheif's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Vomit

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