Reviews tagging 'Violence'

De matasanos a cirujanos by Joaquín Chamorro Mielke, Lindsey Fitzharris

4 reviews

dragonterriers's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

incredibly informative yet witty and keeps you interested. if you’re into medical info, history, and the assorted shenanigans of those kooky ol’ victorians who could saw off a limb in 60 seconds or less but wouldn’t wash their hands or equipment between surgeries, this is an excellent read. feels almost like it should be semi-required reading for medical professionals to remember the often less-than-ethical ways that our current medical practices have developed, and how what we do now may be interpreted by the generations after us. very thought-provoking. 

likely goes without saying, but there are detailed descriptions of surgery (some from the pre-ether/anesthesia days), medical procedures, and the less-than-ideal hospital ethos of the times. also some talk of animal experiments which unfortunately is unavoidable with much medical history, mostly fairly brief here but it is a recurring theme with a couple more in-depth descriptions.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse and Violence

calathearosy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, 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

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