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Edinburgh’s Surgical Revolution
Goat Glands, Chloroform, and the City That Saved Surgery
(How Edinburgh dragged American medicine out of the Wild West)
When we think about modern surgery, it’s easy to imagine it has always been clean, safe, and scientific. However, that could not be further from the truth. Surgery was more like a horror show just over 150 years ago. Patients faced unbearable pain, filthy instruments, and shocking guesswork.
Today, we’ll explore how the Scottish city of Edinburgh transformed surgery — and how America, for far too long, ignored the science in favor of quick fixes and fast profits. Along the…
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