The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
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On one occasion, Liston’s patient, who had come in to have a bladder stone removed, ran from the room in terror and locked himself in the lavatory before the procedure could begin. Liston, hot on his heels, broke the door down and dragged the screaming patient back to the operating room.