From Handsaw to Scalpel
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A fascinating insight into the evolution of modern medicine as we explore the medical treatments for certain issues from past to present, seeing just how much we have learned through trial and error. The series is also a chance to see how medical advancements are currently used to treat problems in the fields of oncology, ophthalmology, dentistry, neurology, obstetrics and orthopaedics, and to see what the future may hold.
Humans have been performing transplants for over 3,000 years, in a time when sterile operating rooms and anesthesia were not commonplace. This episode explores the world of transplants, from the doctors of the past who made all sorts of dubious attempts to those of tomorrow who will make the concept of rejection obsolete. In the operating room, we witness a kidney transplant.
