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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sam Woolf (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine is an audiobook by Lindsey Fitzharris: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sam Woolf, released October 17, 2017, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Sam Woolf
Released
October 17, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, Europe
ISBN
9780141987156

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine as an audiobook?

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine?

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine is narrated by Sam Woolf.