Kate Womersley

The germ of a revolutionary idea

His pioneering work in hygiene vastly improved the chances of surviving any operation in the 19th century

  • The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

    Lindsey Fitzharris

    Allen Lane, pp. 286

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