Joseph Lister came of age as surgery was being transformed. With the invention of anesthesia, operations could move beyond two-minute leg amputations that occasionally lopped off a testicle in haste. ...

As the Victorian era began in 1837, the world of medicine was still in a relatively dangerous state; hospitals were as likely to speed up your ailment as cure you, surgery was done without reliable ...

The address “This is Gonna Hurt: The Brutal World of Victorian Surgery” by bestselling author and medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris taking place at Hope College on Thursday, Oct. 24, will begin ...

The Victorian Society's annual list of the most endangered buildings in the country includes a distinctive property in Wales drastically declining into dereliction. The charity champions and fights to ...

A record 203,045 patients are on track to being stuck waiting for elective surgery at a public hospital this financial year. The dire findings are contained in a new report released by the Australian ...