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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Yes, I thought the bit about the dissecting knife just needing a wipe, not a wash, before being used to carve their supper was very authentic.
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The irony for me is that while Stephen disparages a surgeon's work relative to his calling as a physician; sepsis notwithstanding, I'd rather have trusted my life to a surgeon of that period than a doctor. What with the various tinctures, nostrums, bleedings, cuppings and so forth that were the standard tools of the trade of the physician, it's a truism that the patient got better in spite of the doctor's care.
As for Stephen v. Jack, when I tot up their characteristics, good and bad, I would tend to go for Stephen despite Jack's compelling joie de vivre, except for Stephen's slovenliness, which is gross.