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minus-squareNecroParagon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 years ago“A gentleman’s hands could never be dirty!”
minus-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoHe made them scrub with bleach water until he couldn’t smell corpse smell anymore.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoWait. For real? They had so much bacteria on their hands that they smelled of the dead, and they were going right into surgery with live humans? Damn, surgery must have been a death sentence back then.
minus-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoNot just surgery, but they were also working in labor and delivery, so they were getting all that on mothers and their newborn babies.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThey were practicing surgery on cadavers between deliveries. Gotta keep your skills up during your stint in maternity
“A gentleman’s hands could never be dirty!”
He made them scrub with bleach water until he couldn’t smell corpse smell anymore.
Wait. For real? They had so much bacteria on their hands that they smelled of the dead, and they were going right into surgery with live humans? Damn, surgery must have been a death sentence back then.
Not just surgery, but they were also working in labor and delivery, so they were getting all that on mothers and their newborn babies.
They were practicing surgery on cadavers between deliveries. Gotta keep your skills up during your stint in maternity