Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Documentary

2008

1 Season

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August 20, 2008 - September 17, 2008Season 1 of Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery has 5 episodes.

Season 1 Episodes

S1 E1: Into The Brain

Aug 20, 20081h

A look at the area of the body where surgery has been most frightening - the brain. Just over 100 years ago, cutting into the brain was a terrifying prospect for both patient and surgeon. They could expect the result to be the surgeon bloodied and defeated, and the patient dead. From freak accidents involving crowbars through the skull to notorious lobotomies with icepicks, this programme reveals how, through mishap and misadventure, brain surgery has become the life-saving discipline it is today.

Series info

From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of surgical techniques—a story as much of mishaps and misadventures as it is of successes and amazing advances. Filmed in America and Europe and presented by the charismatic and medically trained Michael J. Mosley. Contains surgical scenes of a graphic nature. A BBC Production. 5-part series.

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IMDB: 8.5TMDB: 10.0

Original Language

English

Release Date

August 20, 2008

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