A review by yourfriendgil
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris
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 …
It is wild to me how things we don’t think twice about today were once unknown …
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Blood, Gore, Medical content, and Death