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Part One: John Ronald Brown: The Worst Surgeon Ever

Behind the Bastards

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I'll Cut Off an Arm in the Next State

Sally Kohn: We don't know precisely what he did in his early career or if he was terrible from an early point. She says there is at least one case of him performing surgery without being trained to do so. Kohn: After botching a surgery, John decided that he should get training in the fieldIf he was going to start cutting into people. He spent two years in Newark City Hospital as a resident and also attended a plastic surgery program  in Newark Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Unfortunately, he proved to be terrible at all of this.

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