Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

21 reviews

nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

abbycole's review against another edition

informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

kataloomp's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Physical abuse

yourfriendgil's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

Surgery during the 1800s is explained in a way that is detailed and thorough, leaving little to the imagination. I got about 30 pages in before I thought ‘am I going to be able to keep reading this?’ 

My interest in the topic won over my uneasy digestive system. The writing is both comprehensive yet lacking the dullness of a history textbook. 

I found myself not wanting the book to be over. Which is odd for a book like this.

It is wild to me how things we don’t think twice about today were once unknown … 

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Content Warnings

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

carlafiorenzo's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

thecozyrogue's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Death of parent and War

sirianoe's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death

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, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Violence

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

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

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

morbidanatomy's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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