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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris
4 reviews
beepbeep101's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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
nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
abbycole's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
thecozyrogue's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and War