Pioneers of Surgery

1988 · British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), AB

Part 1: The Brutal Craft Part one of a four-part series on the pioneers of modern surgery relives the early days, when surgery was practiced without benefit of anaesthesia or antiseptics and patients usually died. Part 2: Into the Heart Once unthinkable, open-heart surgery is now an everyday miracle. NOVA looks at the brave doctors and patients who made it possible. Part 3: New Organs for Old From kidneys to hearts, NOVA examines the daring attempts to replace diseased organs with transplanted ones. Part 4: Beyond the Knife New techniques and treatments whittle away the mainstream of surgery.