by Diane Morris | May 17, 2023 | Body-snatchers, surgeons & surgery, Surgery, Uncategorized
Book 3 of my trilogy is available online on Amazon and Smashwords. The book–titled No Hallowed Ground–unites the story about surgeons and bodysnatchers published in books 1 and 2. You may recall that book 1 focused on James Hammond’s training at St....
by Diane Morris | May 3, 2023 | Body-snatchers, Dissection, Medicine, Publishing, surgeons & surgery, Surgery
Book 2 of my trilogy is available online. It’s titled Naught but Butchers and can be bought on Amazon and Smashwords. Naught but Butchers continues the story of the surgeon James Hammond, who leaves London — the only home he has ever known — for the...
by Diane Morris | Sep 17, 2022 | surgeons & surgery, Surgery
Regency-era surgery was awful for patients, but it was also awful for surgeons. Surgeons performed operations to save lives, even while knowing their skill caused extreme pain. Surgery without Anesthesia During the Regency era (which lasted from about 1789 to 1830)...
by Diane Morris | Aug 14, 2022 | surgeons & surgery, Surgery
There is no question about it: Regency surgery was awful for patients. An observer in 1828 described an amputation in this manner: “But, oh, how my feeling recoiled at the sight! To behold the keen shining knife drawn around the leg severing the integuments, while the...
