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301: 59: 886:). In the latter case, the 1983 pagination encompasses four pages, whereas the online book encompasses three. However, the text is the same. The 1983 edition has each sequential chapter commencing on the same page as the preceding chapter ends, which causes a greater page range for some chapters. The online edition has each chapter commencing on its own page. Text is compressed so that there are more words per line, but of the text is verbatim for that able to be compared. 327:, six days later. The funeral procession from his home consisted of five mourning coaches and fifteen private carriages. In the former were relatives and his fellow medical professors of University College, and in the latter were friends of eminence in the higher ranks of society. Near the cemetery, the cortege was met by four hundred of his former pupils, and by about two hundred medical practitioners and others. He was buried on the western side of 899:, including online versions. The exact pagination will depend on such things as prefaces and introductory chapters on Nightingale. There may be additional variations in online sources. Some online versions may even not contain some footnotes or margin notes from Nightingale's book. However, the online source cited at the same time as this footnote, does have Nightingale's footnote on page 30. 359: 544:
Although Richard Gordon's 1983 book pays tribute to other aspects of Liston's character and legacy as noted elsewhere in this article, it is his description of some of Liston's most famous cases which has primarily made its way into what is known of Liston in popular culture. Gordon describes what he
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days). He amputated in addition the fingers of his young assistant (who died afterwards in the ward from hospital gangrene). He also slashed through the coat tails of a distinguished surgical spectator, who was so terrified that the knife had pierced his vitals he fainted from fright (and was later
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According to Liston, he saw Mary Paterson's body in Knox's rooms and immediately suspected foul play. He knocked Knox down after an altercation in front of his students – Liston assumed some students had slept with her when she was alive, and that they should dissect her body offended his sense of
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on that era: "There was no object in being clean...Indeed, cleanliness was out of place. It was considered to be finicking and affected. An executioner might as well manicure his nails before chopping off a head." The connection between surgical hygiene, infection, and maternal mortality rates at
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The difference in pagination between the 1983 and 2001 editions is attributable to the fact that for the 1983 edition, the frontispiece is counted as page 1, with printed page numbering commencing at page 13, which is the first chapter, on Robert Liston. Conversely, the online edition commences
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Such was the era in which Liston lived. Gordon states that Liston was "an abrupt, abrasive, argumentative man, unfailingly charitable to the poor and tender to the sick (who) was vilely unpopular to his fellow surgeons at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He relished operating successfully in the
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Liston's image has been preserved in both bust and portrait form. Following Liston's death, a meeting was held of his friends and admirers, who "unanimously resolved to establish some public and lasting Testimonial to the memory of this distinguished surgeon". A committee of some 78 people was
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He was six foot two, and operated in a bottle-green coat with wellington boots. He sprung across the blood-stained boards upon his swooning, sweating, strapped-down patient like a duelist, calling, 'Time me gentlemen, time me!' to students craning with pocket watches from the iron-railinged
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formed, which resolved that the testimonial should consist of a marble statue to be placed in some designated public spot, and the inauguration of a gold medal, to be called the "Liston Medal", "and awarded annually, as the Council of University College, may decide".
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galleries. Everyone swore that the first flash of his knife was followed so swiftly by the rasp of saw on bone that sight and sound seemed simultaneous. To free both hands, he would clasp the bloody knife between his teeth.
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on patients they had discharged as hopelessly incurable. They conspired to bar him from the wards, banished him south, where he became professor of surgery at University College Hospital and made a fortune".
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He performed the first public operation utilizing modern anaesthesia, ether, in Europe on 21 December 1846 at the University College Hospital. His comment at the time: "This Yankee dodge beats
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This episode has since been dubbed as the only known surgery in history with a 300 percent mortality rate. The situation that Gordon labels "Liston's most famous case" has been described as
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In writings on Liston, he is portrayed as a man of strong character and ethics, which was the source of some of his confrontational style. In one case, he confronted a medical colleague (
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minutes." He is reputed to have been able to complete operations in a matter of seconds, at a time when speed was essential to reduce pain and improve the odds of survival of a patient.
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chapter one. A comparison of the 1983 edition and the viewable online text shows no discernible deletions of text. Certainly chapter one appears word-for-word, as does chapter 11 (
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While Liston's pioneering contributions are paid tribute within popular culture such as Richard Gordon, they are best known within the medical fraternity and related disciplines.
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Gordon's prose is more than just caricature. He describes how the link between surgical hygiene and iatrogenic infection was poorly understood at that time. At an address by
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Liston's legacy comprises both that which has made its way into the popular culture, and that found primarily within the medical fraternity and related disciplines.
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Centenary of the first public operation under an anæsthetic in Europe carried out at University College Hospital by Robert Liston on 21st December 1846
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from Hungary, after a close colleague of his died. He instituted the hygiene practices exhorted by Holmes, and the mortality rate fell.
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Coltart, D.J (June 1972), "Surgery between Hunter and Lister as exemplified by the life and works of Robert Liston (1794–1847)",
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Practical Surgery, with Notes and Additional Illustrations by George W. Norris, one of the surgeons to the Pennsylvania Hospital
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Survey of London – Cork Street and Savile Row Area: Table of notable inhabitants on the Burlington Estate Vols 31 & 32(Pt2)
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on 13 February 1843, his suggestions for hygiene improvement to reduce obstetric infections and mortality from
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Magee, Reginald (July 2000), "Surgery in the Pre-Anaesthetic Era: The Life and Work of Robert Liston",
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Flemming, P. (1926). "Robert Liston, the first professor of clinical surgery at UCH".
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describes Liston as "the fastest knife in the West End. He could amputate a leg in 2
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Gordon, Richard (2001). "Disastrous Motherhood: Tales from the Vienna Wards".
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London Cemeteries: An illustrated Gide and Gazetteer H Meeler 7 B Parsons
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Liston, R. (1837), "Observations on Some Tumours of The Mouth and Jaws",
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For the last seven years of his life he lived at 5 Clifford Street, off
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Holmes, O.W. (1842–1843). "On the contagiousness of puerperal fever".
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calls Liston's most famous case in his book, as quoted verbatim below.
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on 7 December 1847 at his Mayfair home, and his funeral took place at
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in London and performed the first public operation utilizing modern
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1983 publication by Hutchinson & Co., London. pp. 13–15.
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the operator's success will be in direct ratio to his quickness."
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Practical Surgery, with One Hundred and Twenty Engravings on Wood
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This article is about the surgeon. For the British diplomat, see
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Cock, W.F. (1911). "The first operation under ether in Europe".
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Dissertations by Eminent Members of the Royal Medical Society
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Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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The coffin of Robert Liston FRS in the Terrace Catacombs,
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Liston became the first Professor of Clinical Surgery at
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The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
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This left a lasting impact on two of Liston's students:
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wine merchant. In 1818, he had become house surgeon in
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minutes (the patient died afterwards in the ward from
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American edition (1842) from the 2nd London edition.
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from 1808, and in 1810 became assistant to his tutor
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at general-anaesthesia.com on BTLC Research website.
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After a local education both from his father and in
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London: House of Stratus. pp. 34–36. 1378:Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) 1357: 1329: 1247: 834:See also BiblioLife reproduction via Google 781:Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) 775:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 747:Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) 728:Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) 708:Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) 1545: 1045:"The Monumental inscriptions of Middlesex" 994:. London: House of Stratus. pp. 1–3. 597:The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal 438:was only made in 1847 by Vienna physician 57: 2013:Physicians of University College Hospital 1765: 1406:New England Quarterly Journal of Medicine 1038: 1036: 868: 672: 585: 471:decency. He removed her body for burial. 1998:Academics of the University of Edinburgh 1791:Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care 1625:Gordon, Richard (2001), p.3;(1983), p.15 1539: 1527:. 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Boston: William Carter. p.  1043:Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). 895:There are several publications of 475: 224:village school, Liston studied at 192:a clergyman and an inventor, from 14: 2029: 1936: 1205: 408:Gordon described the scene thus: 1635:Soniak, Matt (24 October 2012). 1587:10.1308/147363512X13189526439197 1569:Thomas, Bill (1 February 2012). 796:(1102): 65–68, 12 October 1844, 254:The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 1705: 1655: 1628: 1515: 1397: 1230: 1221: 1199: 889: 653:Medico-Chirurgical Transactions 624:(602): 846–851, 14 March 1835, 1358:Nightingale, Florence (1860). 1243:. John Churchill. p. 323. 1092: 1024: 913: 1: 1810:Robert Liston: Surgery's Hero 1144:10.1016/s0140-6736(02)73183-8 906: 802:10.1016/s0140-6736(02)64540-4 718:. Philadelphia: James Crissey 630:10.1016/s0140-6736(02)96871-6 501:History of general anesthesia 353: 325:St Michael's Church, Highgate 175: 2018:Burials at Highgate Cemetery 2008:Fellows of the Royal Society 1556:in Gordon, R. (1983), p.146. 1512:in Gordon, R. (1983), p.146. 1488:Richardson (1987), p.327 in 1414:in Gordon, R. (1983), p.147. 1104:National Library of Scotland 1075:"Liston, Robert (1794–1847)" 563:; they usually did in those 549:Amputated the leg in under 2 180:He was born in the manse of 16:Scottish surgeon (1794–1847) 7: 1444:Gordon, Richard (2001), p.2 1196:Gordon, Richard (2001), p.1 839: 486:University College Hospital 440:Dr Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis 295:Fellow of the Royal Society 240:. He was then living at 95 166:University College Hospital 10: 2034: 1758:10.1177/003591577206500625 1667:"Health: The war on germs" 665:10.1177/095952873702000112 331:in the Terrace Catacombs. 271:. In 1833, he applied for 18: 1454:Richardson, Ruth (1987), 1304:"Liston Testimonial Fund" 1163:Sheppard, F.H.W. (1963). 712:American edition (1838). 540:Liston's most famous case 446:reeking tenements of the 334: 215: 204:. 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Robert Liston (diplomat)
Robert Liston (minister)
FRCSE
FRCS
FRS
Portrait of Robert Liston painted in 1847 by Samuel John Stump
Samuel John Stump
Ecclesmachan
University of Edinburgh Medical School
FRCSE
FRCS
FRS
surgeon
anaesthetics
University College Hospital
anaesthesia
Ecclesmachan
Culross
Henry Liston
Ecclesmachan
West Lothian
Edinburgh
Robert Liston
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Abercorn
Edinburgh Medical School
Dr John Barclay
William Blizard
James Syme
Princes Street

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