• LadyLikesSpiders@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    “Hah! Germ theory? Preposterous! I should think these ‘germs’ no more real than the tooth fairy. Why should the patient sit in their agony while you rinse your hands when there is surgery to perform? Why, it’s downright disrespectful, wasting the patient’s time like that, as if you care more for the tidiness of your person than their well-being. I should hope that no poor, beleaguered soul has the misfortune to find themselves under your care”