[tv] blood and guts

[inulro]

I have just finished watching the first episode of Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery on the BBC's Watch Again function (it's available for two more days; after that and for non-UK readers, it's probably on UK Nova.

The whole thing is incredibly cool and fascinating. Granted, some of the lobotomy stuff is quite horrific, and the story of the lobotomy survivor they found (and did the first ever MRI of someone who had been lobotomised) was very sad, even though he ended up a mostly functional individual.

It's a five-part series. Part two, heart surgery, goes out on BBC4 tomorrow night. It's entirely possible that part 1 was the best bit, but it looks promising.

It rocks. Check it out.

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[aeia.livejournal.com]

I watched that last week. The lobotomy stuff sent shivers down my spine. I also didn't realise they were still doing it in the 60's! Thank god medicine has moved on quickly. I do wonder what we'll think of current medicine in 40 years time..