This is insane. Medical Licensure was just starting to take form in the early 19th century. I wonder if Liston had anything to do with it. A notable 19th c

This is insane. Medical Licensure was just starting to take form in the early 19th century. I wonder if Liston had anything to do with it. A notable 19th century surgeon ... Robert Liston ... is the only surgeon to have achieved a 300% mortality rate as a result of an operation ... the patient, his assistant (who lost a finger while holding the patient down) and an observer died. The first two from infection of their wounds and the observer from fright, believing he had been cut when really it was only his coat that had been cut.