NOVA · SEASON 15

Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft

Episode 12 · 1988-09-06

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Episode overview

Part one of a four-part series on the pioneers of modern surgery relives the early days, when surgery was practiced without the benefit of anaesthesia or antisceptics and patients usually died.

55 minutes

Season 15 episodes

1. Top Gun and Beyond1988-01-19 2. How to Create a Junk Food1988-01-26 3. Buried in Ice1988-02-02 4. Why Planes Burn1988-02-09 5. Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial1988-02-23 6. Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide1988-03-01 7. The Mystery of the Master Builders1988-03-08 8. Whale Rescue1988-03-15 9. The Man Who Loved Numbers1988-03-22 10. Race for the Superconductor1988-03-29 11. Can You Still Get Polio?1988-04-05 12. Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft1988-09-06 13. Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart1988-09-13 14. Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old1988-09-20 15. Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife1988-09-27 16. Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?1988-10-04 17. Can the Next President Win the Space Race?1988-10-11 18. Do Scientists Cheat?1988-10-18 19. Who Shot President Kennedy?1988-11-15 20. The Light Stuff1988-11-22 21. The All-American Bear1988-12-06 22. Can We Make a Better Doctor?1988-12-13