Safe Surgery: Statistics and the Rise of Modern Surgery,
18th-20th centuries
Lecture by Thomas Schlich, Professor in the History of Medicine,
McGill University
Biennial Kass Lecture in the History of Medicine
Wednesday
12 December 2018
Anatomy Lecture Theatre
King’s College, London
5.30-7 pm
This lecture explores how the acceptance of surgical
healing strategies was connected with the production and use of statistical
information on the outcomes of surgical interventions. Thus, the rise of modern
surgery was intertwined in interesting ways with the concurrent rise of
statistical thinking, resulting in the concept of “Safe Surgery” around 1900.
This account looks at the origins and contexts of the production and
presentation of population-based numerical data in surgery. It analyses the
controversies its use engendered, and describes how, in combination with other
kinds of medical knowledge, statistics enabled the rise of modern surgery as a
ubiquitous and largely unquestioned practice of modern medicine.
A reception will follow from 7-8 pm.
The event is free and open to the public, but to attend
you need to register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biennial-kass-lecture-in-the-history-of-medicine-tickets-52823692085.
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