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Ep 107 Sepsis: It's a mess

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Lister's House Surgeon, I Can't Get There.

The concept of cleanliness has not remained constant throughout history. Lister's house surgeon said, quote, when almost every wound was foul with separation, it seemed natural at the time to postpone the complete cleansing of hands and instruments until the program of dressings and pro-bings had been finished. With this attitude, is it any wonder that mortality rates post-surgery were sky high? Surgeons weren't being willfully malicious; they simply didn't know any better.

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