Robert Liston, Pioneer of surgery.

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Robert Liston, Pioneer of surgery.

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Posted 20 February 2012 - 09:48 AM

Liston's most famous case

Amputated the leg in under 21⁄2 minutes (the patient died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene, they usually did in those pre-Listerian days). He amputated in addition the fingers of his young assistant (who died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene, they usually did in those pre-Listerian days). He also slashed through the coat tails of a distinguished surgical spectator, who was so terrified that the knife had pierced his vitals he dropped dead from fright.

That was the only operation in history with a 300 percent mortality.

Read more of this fascinating and terrifying surgeon here :
http://en.wikipedia....st_famous_cases

The only thing I am scared of, there is no sex after death !