Siddhartha Mukherjee Quotes

In August 1867, A Thirteen-year-old142 Boy Who Had Severely Cut His Arm While Operating A Machine At A Fair In Glasgow Was Admitted To Lister's Infirmary. The Boy's Wound Was Open And Smeared With Grime - A Setup For Gangrene. But Rather Than Amputating The Arm, Lister Tried A Salve Of Carbolic Acid, Hoping To Keep The Arm Alive And Uninfected. The Wound Teetered On The Edge Of A Terrifying Infection, Threatening To Become An Abscess. But Lister Persisted, Intensifying His Application Of Carbolic Acid Paste. For A Few Weeks, The Whole Effort Seemed Hopeless. But Then, Like A Fire Running To The End Of A Rope, The Wound Began To Dry Up. A Month Later, When The Poultices Were Removed, The Skin Had Completely Healed Underneath.

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