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September 06, 1988

S15 · E12 of 22 episodes

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Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft #S15E12

55 min 1974 5 months ago

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55m 1988 34

NOVA S15 E12 1974

Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft

NOVA · Season 15, Episode 12

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.

Episode 12 of Season 15 from NOVA — available to stream in HD on any device.

Country United States

Genre

Documentary

Released

03 Mar, 1974

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1 Top Gun and Beyond 2 How to Create a Junk Food 3 Buried in Ice 4 Why Planes Burn 5 Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial 6 Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide 7 The Mystery of the Master Builders 8 Whale Rescue 9 The Man Who Loved Numbers 10 Race for the Superconductor 11 Can You Still Get Polio? 12 Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft 13 Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart 14 Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old 15 Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife 16 Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel? 17 Can the Next President Win the Space Race? 18 Do Scientists Cheat? 19 Who Shot President Kennedy? 20 The Light Stuff 21 The All-American Bear 22 Can We Make a Better Doctor?

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