Reviews

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

inpraiseoflucifer's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative

4.5

abov94's review against another edition

dark funny informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

rtooth's review against another edition

4.0

Glad I wasn’t a med student in the 1800s

faegirl's review against another edition

4.0

A bit gory, but well written

ali_20's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

lizmcbook's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

possumnest127's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

grubbygabby's review against another edition

4.0

learned a lot of gross medical facts. also spent the whole book being like hmm why do i know the name lister? turns out its because he inspired the creation of listerine LOL

emilija_kava's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

ceredonia's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail