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

The Butchering Art

Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

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Lindsey Fitzharris
Lindsey Fitzharris
2017 • 305 pages

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