The butchering art : Joseph Lister's quest to transform the grisly world of Victorian medicine / Lindsey Fitzharris.
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TextPublisher: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 286p.; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912 | Surgeons -- Great Britain -- Biography | Surgery -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 617.092 | B
Contents:
Prologue : The age of agony -- Through the lens -- Houses of death -- The sutured gut -- The altar of science -- The napoleon of surgery -- The frog's legs -- Cleanliness & godliness -- They're all dead -- The storm -- The glass garden -- The queen's abscess -- Epilogue : The dark curtain, raised.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKRC Social Science Complex | JKRC Social Science Complex | 617.092 FIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | PN109078 | BCL282 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-266) and index.
Prologue : The age of agony -- Through the lens -- Houses of death -- The sutured gut -- The altar of science -- The napoleon of surgery -- The frog's legs -- Cleanliness & godliness -- They're all dead -- The storm -- The glass garden -- The queen's abscess -- Epilogue : The dark curtain, raised.
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