S6 E05 - Louise Wilkie on Robert Liston and the 300% Fatality
History Rage
English - April 03, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHistory history historians rage anger myths misconceptions debate controversy ancient medieval Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we are joined by the Curator of the Surgeons Hall Museum, Louise Wilkie, and she joins Paul and Kyle to rage that ROBERT LISTON'S 300% FATALITY OPERATION IS A MYTH.
We'll be talking about the gruesome realities of Victorian Surgery, how pioneering Liston was as well as the murkier side of medicine and crime that he was involved in. But mostly how he didn't kill three people in one operation.
If you like this then you can follow the museum on Twitter @SurgeonsHall and you can visit the Surgeons Hall Museum web site at https://museum.rcsed.ac.uk/
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