Liston was definitely at one end of the speed/accuracy tradeoffpic.twitter.com/K6Ar4PdhOH
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Today I learned of the surgeon Robert Liston, who once amputated a patient's leg (who died), but also accidentally amputated his assistant's fingers (who died) and slashed through the coat of a spectator (who died) This surgery had a 300% mortality rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston …
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I’m suddenly feeling better about my 2019 prospects knowing this
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It's a win if you don't accidentally kill three people this year!
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would a 45 lb scrotal tumor make a good pillow
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Makes a dreadful president
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You must be mistaken. The President weighs far more than 45 pound. You forgot the 3.
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how dare u imply our conveniently 1 lb shy of obese president is anything past 239lbspic.twitter.com/HSv2T3q2dy
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Ironic that his portrait was painted by Stump.pic.twitter.com/oEIleKjd2A
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Robert Liston is the patron saint of software development. "Move fast and break things."
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He's interred in Highgate Cemetery, in the catacombs, and a visit to his refurbished coffin is a highlight of the tour.
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A drinker, was he?
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No, just eager.
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Should have gone to Specsavers! (Never mind, I'll show myself out)
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Liston was no Lister
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Get the whole story in the excellent book by
@DrLindseyFitz: The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicinehttps://g.co/kgs/4FKN6xThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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wow so the Randy Marsh episode was based on something realpic.twitter.com/bki7lpIMv4
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Sounds butcherous.
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