I think it's in one of Atul Gawande's books but he mentions how before anaesthesia, the incentive was to have surgeries be as fast as possible to minimize the d

I think it's in one of Atul Gawande's books but he mentions how before anaesthesia, the incentive was to have surgeries be as fast as possible to minimize the duration of pain endured by the patient. He then goes on to recount a story of a surgeon performing an operation in front of a group and the following happened: - He accidentally cut the person assisting him - A woman in the crowd suffered a heart attack from the shock of watching the above - The assistant ended up dying of infection from the cut - The patient also ended up dying. As he tells it, it was the only operation where the mortality rate was 300%