Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Season 1 Episode 3: Spare Parts

Transplant surgery development, from a Nazi sympathiser to new life-saving operations. These days, transplant surgery saves thousands of lives every year and almost everything, from heart to eyes, can be replaced. But in the beginning, transplants killed rather than cured, because surgeons didn't understand that they were taking on one of the most efficient killing systems we know of - the human immune system.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

5

Cast:

Michael Mosley

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

2008

Rating:

10.0