Please faint near the couch to avoid injury

[mjp]

I have been watching these videos of surgery from the 1930's over my morning coffee, and they are too amazing not to share with my friends. :)

If you find the sight of doctors chiseling out a big chunk of skull, or running their hands around a beachball-sized ovarian tumor to figure out where it is attached to the patient's insides disturbing, you may not want to watch. But it's fascinating stuff if you can bear it.

I will never complain about modern medicine again. Though I'm sure seeing modern video of the same operations would be equally disturbing.

 

[LickTheStar]

Wow that's something. I'm glad they're silent. I think the combination of audio AND video may have made it more disgusting. But at the same time... not much worse than your typical horror movie. Just... more real.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

SO, that's how poptop got his user name.

 

[chronic]

Well, that was entertaining. Too bad you don't get to hear the conversation during the surgery where the doctors and staff make insulting (and pithy) comments about the victi... err... patients.



I always wanted to use the word "pithy" in a sentence. This must be my lucky day.

 

[Bukfan]

Nice entertainment but a bit disturbing...if you're the patient!

 

[roni]

oh yeah, the audio...
Not quite sure if I'd take LTS's position or chronic's. Both have a valid point.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

So, that's how poptop got his user name.