Terrible medicine. Fitzharris L.

the gates of death, this is how operating theaters were called in the 19th century. All because half of those who got to the hospital or on the operating table died either before or after the procedures, although they became painless after the appearance of the air. It was an era when even a simple turning point could lead to amputation, since surgeons and nurses did not even think to wash their hands and instruments, they did not know that in this way they themselves kill those whom they wanted to put on their feet. The mystery of postoperative death for a long time remained unanswered and only Joseph Lister was able to solve it, using a microscope, natural curiosity, excessive perseverance and faith in a bright future. He announced microbes, not air - sources of the entire infection and proposed a solution to the problem - thereby changing medicine forever. But his path was not simple...