[ykl]

I am pretty squeamish around blood (even reading about it...), but this piece was so well written and engrossing and impactful that I made it all the way through in one shot. I had no idea that the bovie instrument (and broadly the entire field of electrosurgery [1]) was even a thing; I assumed it was anll still scalpels and such.

An incredible piece highlighting something people should know more about; thanks for posting this!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrosurgery

[FlynnLivesMattr]

Relevant recent HN discussion on "Electricity can heal wounds three times as fast (2023)" [0]

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45604779

[nocoiner]

I too am squeamish and while I agree that the piece was very well written, it was too much for me. I had to tap out during the part about 18th/19th century grafting experiments. Just too much for me lol.

Will probably pick this back up and skip over the rest of that part though!