Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery(2008)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2008-08-20
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
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.
Keywords
medicinesurgeryheart transplantbrain surgery
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 5E01
Into The Brain
Air Date: 2008-08-20
A look at the area of the body where surgery has been most frightening - the brain. Just over 100 years ago, cutting...
E02
Bleeding Hearts
Air Date: 2008-08-27
Michael Mosley has a go at heart surgery and meets a man with no heartbeat. With a family history of heart problems,...
E03
Spare Parts
Air Date: 2008-09-03
Transplant surgery development, from a Nazi sympathiser to new life-saving operations. These days, transplant surge...
E04
Fixing Faces
Air Date: 2008-09-10
Michael Mosley examines plastic surgery, from 16th-century bondage to 21st-century botox. Thought of as a modern phe...
E05
Bloody Beginnings
Air Date: 2008-09-17
How surgery was dragged out of the dark ages, transforming from butchery into a science. Presenter Michael Mosley fi...
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