The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

by Lindsey Fitzharris

The term “catgut” is something of a misnomer. The type of cord is actually prepared from the intestines of sheep or goat, although sometimes it can be made from the innards of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, or donkeys.

Misnomer, I'll say.