While I wait to hear back on my peer-review submission, Iβve returned to the second draft of Beyond Survival: Forgotten Heroes and the Evolution of a New Humanity.
From Chapter 1:
βIn the mid-19th century, European hospitals were often more dangerous than the surrounding streets. In some wards, the stench of rotting flesh overpowered even the coal smoke outside. Surgical tools were reused without washing, blood crusted in their hinges.β














