“From the moment he looked through the lens of his father’s microscope to the day he was knighted by Queen Victoria, his life was shaped and influenced by his circumstances and the people around him. Like all of us, he… — Lindsey Fitzharris Copy Share Image
“The symptoms syphilis engendered worsened over time. In addition to the unsightly skin ulcers that pockmarked the body in the later stages of the disease, many victims endured paralysis, blindness, dementia, and “saddle nose,” a grotesque deformity that occurs when the bridge of the nose caves into the face. (Syphilis was so common that “no nose clubs” sprang up all… — Lindsey Fitzharris Copy Share
“If Lister had nursed any hope that his diligence and reasoned argument concerning his antiseptic system would convert the American audience, he would be… — Lindsey Fitzharris Copy Share Image
“Erysipelas was one of four major infections that plagued hospitals in the nineteenth century. The other three were hospital gangrene (ulcers that lead to… — Lindsey Fitzharris Copy Share Image
“Remarkably, Bichat was able to describe and name twenty-one membranes in the human body, including connective, muscle, and nerve tissue, before he died accidentally… — Lindsey Fitzharris Copy Share Image
“From the moment he looked through the lens of his father’s microscope to the day he was knighted by Queen Victoria, his life was… — Lindsey Fitzharris Copy Share Image
“The best that can be said about Victorian hospitals is that they were a slight improvement over their Georgian predecessors. That’s hardly a ringing… — Lindsey Fitzharris Copy Share Image
