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 …
Servers
Ep 12008-08-20
Into The Brain
A look at the area of the body where surgery has been most frightening - …
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Ep 22008-08-27
Bleeding Hearts
Michael Mosley has a go at heart surgery and meets a man with no heartbeat. …
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Ep 32008-09-03
Spare Parts
Transplant surgery development, from a Nazi sympathiser to new life-saving operations. These days, transplant surgery …
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Ep 42008-09-10
Fixing Faces
Michael Mosley examines plastic surgery, from 16th-century bondage to 21st-century botox. Thought of as a …
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Ep 52008-09-17
Bloody Beginnings
How surgery was dragged out of the dark ages, transforming from butchery into a science. …
