NPR News: 'The Butchering Art': How A 19th Century Physician Made Surgery Safer

'The Butchering Art': How A 19th Century Physician Made Surgery Safer
Before surgeons accepted germ theory, operations often killed patients. All Things Considered host Robert Siegel talks with the author of a new biography of antiseptic advocate Joseph Lister.

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October 14, 2017 at 04:28AM
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