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Lindsey Fitzharris - The Butchering Art - Wellcome Book Prize 2018 - 5x15
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:11:21
Publish Date: 2018-05-03 04:19:28
Description: Lindsey Fitzharris talks about her book 'The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s quest to transform the grisly world of Victorian medicine' in which she recreates a critical turning-point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed surgery from a brutal, harrowing practice to the safe, vaunted profession we know today. Lindsey Fitzharris received her doctorate in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology at the University of Oxford and was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Wellcome Institute. She is the creator of the popular website The Chirurgeon’s Apprentice, and she writes and presents the YouTube series Under the Knife (https://www.youtube.com/user/UnderTheKnifeShow). She has written for the 'Guardian', the 'Lancet', 'New Scientist', 'Penthouse' and the 'Huffington Post', and has appeared on PBS, Channel 4, BBC and National Geographic. *** The Wellcome Book Prize is an annual award, open to new works of fiction or non-fiction. To be eligible for entry, a book should have a central theme that engages with some aspect of medicine, health or illness. This can cover many genres of writing – including crime, romance, popular science, sci fi and history. *** Recorded at Cecil Sharp House in London in April 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5x15stories
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