Fizan Ahmed

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Medical voyeurism was nothing new. It arose in the dimly lit anatomical amphitheaters of the Renaissance, where, in front of transfixed spectators, the bodies of executed criminals were dissected as an additional punishment for their crimes.
Fizan Ahmed
This sounds just as dingy and seedy as those porn theatres that sprung up in the Deuce in the 70s.
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
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