"It was hard for people to believe, because here comes this young guy saying there's these invisible creatures and you can't see them with your eye but they're killing your patients," she tells Siegel. It tells the story of how the forward-thinking Lister changed medicine forever by getting other surgeons to understand that germs spread disease but that they could something about it.Īuthor Lindsey Fitzharris tells All Things Considered host Robert Siegel The Butchering Art "is a love story between science and medicine." Lister's technique of spraying antiseptic on surgical equipment (he had nothing to do with the mouthwash Listerine, but his technique inspired it) slowly caught on. How?Ī new biography of surgeon Joseph Lister called The Butchering Art is not about food. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Butchering Art Subtitle Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine Author Lindsey Fitzharris
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