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The Waterloo Surgeon Who Healed by Doing It Wrong
Napoleonic Era

The Waterloo Surgeon Who Healed by Doing It Wrong

He performed one of history's most famous operations in reverse—taking out what should have stayed in, leaving in what should have come out.

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Medical HistoryBattle Of WaterlooSurgeryAccidental DiscoveryMilitary Medicine19th CenturyDominique Jean LarreyAntiseptic SurgeryBattlefield Medicine

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