Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Season 1 Episode 5: Bloody Beginnings

How surgery was dragged out of the dark ages, transforming from butchery into a science. 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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

5

Cast:

Michael Mosley

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

2008

Rating:

10.0