Shawn Minihan

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the theory held that the best way to treat a disease was to produce the somatic condition opposite to the pathological state in question. With a fever, for instance, one had to cool the body down. With disorders of the mind, one had to restore strength and firmness to the patient’s frayed nerves.
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
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