How Did this Surgeon Kill 3 People in 1 Operation?
Robert Liston: the surgeon with a 300% mortality rate How did this man, a world-renowned doctor at the cutting edge of nineteenth-century medicine, come to be the only surgeon with a 300% mortality rate? The statistic is taken from one of his surgeries, which began much like any other day for Liston. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London) Script: Conan White Narrator: Chris Kane https://vocalforge.com/ Sources Books Robert Liston, Practical Surgery (London, 1837) Articles Bill Thomas, ‘Saints and sinners: Robert Liston’, THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND BULLETIN, 94:2 (2012), pp. 64-65. DJ Coltart, ‘Surgery Between Hunter and Lister: As Exemplified by the Life and Works of Robert Liston (1794-1847)’, Proceedings Royal Society of Medicine, 65 (1972), pp. 26-30. Reginald Magee, ‘Surgery in the Pre-Anaesthetic Era: The Life and Work of Robert Liston’, Health and History, 2:1 (2000), pp. 121-133. A Sharee Wright and Pickney J Maxwel, ‘Robert Liston, M.D. (October 28, 1794-December 7, 1847): The Fastest Knife in the West End’, The American Surgeon, 80:1 (2014), pp. 1-2.
