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> Unsurprisingly, in light of his questionable medical training (75 percent completion at a less-than-reputable medical school), frequency of operating while in
by meepmorp 5y ago
> Unsurprisingly, in light of his questionable medical training (75 percent completion at a less-than-reputable medical school), frequency of operating while intoxicated and less-than-sterile operating environments, some patients suffered from infection, and an undetermined number died. Brinkley would be sued more than a dozen times for wrongful death between 1930 and 1941.
Let's be fair: see how well you do implanting goat testicles in people when you're drunk and don't know what you're doing anyway.
- Y_Y 5y agoModern medical ethics obviously forbids anyone from being intoxicated or working in a less than spotless surgical environment. The price of caprine xenotransplantation has gone up 4000% even after accounting for inflation though.
- chefkoch 5y agoNow we just let them operate sleep deprieved.
- analognoise 5y agoDon't forget deny medical degrees from other places the right to practice, and collusion between hospitals to keep prices high.
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