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Why surgery was a spectator sport in Victorian times
Victorian hospitals were known as 'houses of death' and their surgeons, who never washed their hands, were praised for their brute strength and speed. Lindsey Fitzharris tells Andrew Marr about one particularly infamous surgeon.
First broadcast on Start the Week, 20 November 2017.
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