Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery (2008) Bloody Beginnings
Presenter Michael Mosley finds out how the early days of surgery were dark and barbaric, when the surgeon's knife was more likely to kill you than save you, and invasive medicine generally meant being bloodlet by leeches to within an inch of your life.
Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other cutting edge operations possible. But getting to this point has been an extraordinary story of courage and mistakes - stolen corpses, crazy remedies, medical fraud, lobotomised patients - and every now and then, brave and extraordinary advances that have saved millions of lives across the world. Presented by the charismatic Dr Michael Mosley, Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery introduces audiences to the breathtaking, heroic and at times comically entertaining story of how surgeons came to successfully save millions of lives worldwide. With a huge range of locations from the US to France, Germany and Italy, it shows the latest surgical techniques, giving a greater understanding of the body, and revealing how science progressed through catastrophe as well as through the courageous pursuit of knowledge.
Primary Title
- Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
Episode Title
- Bloody Beginnings
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 10 September 2014
Release Year
- 2008
Start Time
- 11 : 00
Finish Time
- 11 : 51
Duration
- 51:00
Episode
- 5
Channel
- BBC Knowledge
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other cutting edge operations possible. But getting to this point has been an extraordinary story of courage and mistakes - stolen corpses, crazy remedies, medical fraud, lobotomised patients - and every now and then, brave and extraordinary advances that have saved millions of lives across the world. Presented by the charismatic Dr Michael Mosley, Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery introduces audiences to the breathtaking, heroic and at times comically entertaining story of how surgeons came to successfully save millions of lives worldwide. With a huge range of locations from the US to France, Germany and Italy, it shows the latest surgical techniques, giving a greater understanding of the body, and revealing how science progressed through catastrophe as well as through the courageous pursuit of knowledge.
Episode Description
- Presenter Michael Mosley finds out how the early days of surgery were dark and barbaric, when the surgeon's knife was more likely to kill you than save you, and invasive medicine generally meant being bloodlet by leeches to within an inch of your life.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Surgery--History
Genres
- Adventure
- Documentary
- History
- Medical
- Miniseries
Hosts
- Michael Mosley (Host)
Contributors
- Emma Jay (Director)
- Emma Jay (Producer)
- BBC (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Surgery--History