Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World

Surgery and the Operating Room (1x23)

Udgivelsesdato: Aug 31, 2013

Pain. Bleeding. Infection. Medicine before the 19th century was not a pleasant affair, especially when it came to surgery. Explore innovations in medicine-the operating room, sterilization procedures, and antibiotics-and discover some of the social challenges to introducing these innovations-including obstruction from the doctors themselves.