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

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Joseph Lister directing the use of carbolic acid spray in one of his earliest antiseptic surgical operations, circa 1865. (Bettmann Archive)
Joseph Lister directing the use of carbolic acid spray in one of his earliest antiseptic surgical operations, circa 1865. (Bettmann Archive)

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