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| Great Medical Disasters | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 17 2006, 01:03 PM (132 Views) | |
| George K | Jun 17 2006, 01:03 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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Robert Liston, surgeon, 1840's, "fastest knife in theWest End of London, (( and perhaps the world:)): most famous case: amputating a leg in UNDER 2/1/2 minutes, (sans anesthesia in those days) (( the patient died afterward in the ward from hospital gangrene, they usually did in those pre-Listerian days)). He amputated in addtion, the fingers of his young asisstant (who died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene, they usually did in those pre-Listerian days). He also slashed through the coattails of a distinguished surgical spectator, who was so terrified that the knife had pierced his vitalsl he dropped dead from fright. This was the only operation in history with a 300 percent mortality. in Richard Gordon's Great Medical Disasters p..21 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jun 18 2006, 04:11 AM Post #2 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I guess it's funny now. Perhaps not so much at the time. But... in retrospect... in the absence of anesthesia, speed would be a virtue. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| bachophile | Jun 18 2006, 06:59 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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been there, done that. |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| George K | Jun 18 2006, 07:02 AM Post #4 |
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Finally
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Yah, but you probably did it on purpose!
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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