The Butchering Art
A history of Victorian-era surgery that follows Joseph Lister’s quest to introduce antisepsis. The book recreates the grisly realities of the operating theater before germ theory and shows how Lister’s methods transformed medicine.
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Ranked #577 of 1942 · 286 pages · Published 2017
Mentioned 2× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 2 episodes, most recently on Mar 28, 2019.
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Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · 00:22:29 · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)
Mentioned by Lindsey Fitzharris · 00:01:30 · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co), Official episode description (podcast RSS)
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Book data: ISBN 9780374117290. Page count from Open Library (median of editions). Cover via Open Library Covers.