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CLASSIC: How Robert "The Fastest Knife In The West End" Liston Conducted A Surgery With A 300% Mortality Rate

Ridiculous History by iHeartPodcasts

May 23, 202629:27Society & Culture

In this week's Classic episode: It's no secret that hospitals can be intimidating, scary places -- but the medical operations of the modern day can't hold a candle to the grisly procedures of the 1800s. Back then, even s...

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CLASSIC: How Robert "The Fastest Knife In The West End" Liston Conducted A Surgery With A 300% Mortality Rate is an episode from Ridiculous History by iHeartPodcasts. In this week's Classic episode: It's no secret that hospitals can be inti...

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Published May 23, 2026, 29:27 long, audio available.