Blood & Guts: A History Of Surgery

Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other cutting edge operations possible. But getting to this point has been an extraordinary story of bravery and mistakes - stolen corpses, crazy remedies, medical fraud, lobotomised patients - and every now and then, brave and extraordinary advances that have saved millions of lives across the world. Presented by the charismatic and medically trained Michael Mosley, Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery introduces audiences to the breathtaking, heroic and at times comically entertaining story of how surgeons came to successfully save millions of lives worldwide. With a huge range of locations from the US to France, Germany and Italy, it shows us the latest surgical techniques, giving a greater understanding of the body, and revealing how science progressed through catastrophes as well as successes in the courageous pursuit of knowledge.