Send us a text A knife that could take a leg in thirty seconds, a theater packed with spectators, and a patient who never got a say—our journey begins with Robert Liston, the unrivaled speed surgeon of the nineteenth century. From there we follow the messy, gripping path from pain-as-proof to consent-as-right, revealing how anesthesia muted screams without restoring voice, and how courts, scandals, and patient advocates forced medicine to listen. If this conversation challenged your thinkin...
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Send us a text A knife that could take a leg in thirty seconds, a theater packed with spectators, and a patient who never got a say—our journey begins with Robert Liston, the unrivaled speed surgeon of the nineteenth century. From there we follow the messy, gripping path from pain-as-proof to consent-as-right, revealing how anesthesia muted screams without restoring voice, and how courts, scandals, and patient advocates forced medicine to listen. If this conversation challenged your thinkin...
Ep 31-Aw Snap! Another Sociopathic Surgeon! (Part 2)
Doctoring the Truth
1 hour 7 minutes
2 months ago
Ep 31-Aw Snap! Another Sociopathic Surgeon! (Part 2)
Send us a text What happens when the person wearing the white coat is more dangerous than the disease they claim to treat? The horrifying saga of Dr. Anthony Pignataro reveals how a man with fabricated credentials and failed medical training managed to operate on unsuspecting patients from a makeshift basement surgery room. Born into medical privilege but lacking any genuine talent, Pignataro constructed an elaborate house of cards—forged diplomas, exaggerated abilities, and a bizarre claim ...
Doctoring the Truth
Send us a text A knife that could take a leg in thirty seconds, a theater packed with spectators, and a patient who never got a say—our journey begins with Robert Liston, the unrivaled speed surgeon of the nineteenth century. From there we follow the messy, gripping path from pain-as-proof to consent-as-right, revealing how anesthesia muted screams without restoring voice, and how courts, scandals, and patient advocates forced medicine to listen. If this conversation challenged your thinkin...
