The 300% Mortality Rate Surgery

 The 300% Mortality Rate Surgery 

A surgeon by the name of Robert Liston managed to perform the most unsuccessful surgery recorded with a 300% mortality rate. He was performing a leg amputation on a patient on a table. At the time there were no anesthetics used so surgery was done quickly to make sure the patients didn't feel too much uneccessary pain. He was so focused on going quickly with this amputation that he clipped off his surgical assistant's fingers and the patient's leg. When he swung the knife back up, it hit the spectator and he died along with both the patient and his surgical assistant. A simple surgery that was planned to save a life, actually managed to end three in the process; how ironic.