duparker 's review for:

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

3.0

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Pretty interesting and academic

I found this book to be enjoyable, and awkward at the same time. The descriptions of surgeries can be disturbing, but they also help tell the story and keep the human element from being overwhelmed by the science.