The Old Operating Theatre with Mark Pilkington | Medical London

[@nikhilck629]

I don't think we should hate on the victorian doctors/surgeons. Without them, we would'nt have modern medicine. There was no anaesthesia at that time. That had to work with limited knowledge and technology. They did the best of whatever little they had.

[@puppylover4087]

If you all are wondering, they would call in three very strong men to hold down the patient while they were awake, and the doctor would start the surgery. It was a very painful gruesome process for the patient.

[@sjoseph001]

Nice video, of great historical importance. Having said that, in modern medicine, the patient would need to be in hospital for at least 5 days with an open fracture such as this. An open fracture is one in which the skin is lacerated with the fracture open to infection from the outside. The protocol is urgent surgery to clean and fix the fracture, with a minimum course of 5 days intravenous antibiotics and wound observation strictly as an in patient, especially with the size of the laceration described here. I mention this, as the narrator says that this is a minor injury (it is a major injury for sure) and he further says that the patient would be in and out of hospital in an afternoon.

[@wholeNwon]

The fracture described as minor by today's standards actually isn't at all. It's quite serious. I was surprised at the delay of surgical treatment. The natural history of that type of fracture was well known by then.

[@helraiser666painkil]

Brilliant video and very interesting as well but all those poor women going through that kind of pain during operations must of been horrible and also very frightening as well. And I'll always say that Robert Liston was the best doctor/surgeon of all time and he could Amputate a arm or leg in 28 seconds and it took normal surgeons 20 minutes to do a amputation usually. But it's amazing how far surgery has actually come since those days and I think with out the victorians we wouldn't have surgery like it is today would we folks?.

[@dianedukes3096]

Stephen Disley You are correct nice to meet fellow medical history buffs, you’ll know about 21st December 1846 at UCH, the world should never forget that date, the first GA in Europe. First successful GA in hospital was 16th of October 1946, William Morton administrated the ether, Willian Warren the surgeon. 10 past 10 in the morning. Tumour on the neck.

[@wholeNwon]

It is said that Liston is the only surgeon to have performed an amputation with a 300% mortality rate!!!

[@dictator2426]

Better name it as butcher house

[@aprilleerose]

Look up the book The Butchering Art

[@markgoddard2560]

With waiting times what they are today, she was seen pretty sharpish I’d say!

[@sikrubashahadnur5736]

Super

[@idoru3242]

They would do it would to when that were awake

[@amoureternel6791]

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[@Jonas-yt9bw]

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[@aimeethomson7806]

Sure they were

[@aimeethomson7806]

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[@amensaseasan1779]

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[@breakingames7772]

They had morphine, and other drugs

[@StrawberryNinjaNibbles]

Yeah like ether & laudanum

[@amoureternel6791]

Tus c'est merde avec le britaniques

[@effymarvic3646]

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[@Mabeylater293]

What kind of “loving” god would allow this to even happen????

[@melitini]

TruAgape1234 maybe this WAS gods doing.

[@dizzyaviator3853]

@@melitini illuminati

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

you obviously know nothing about God.

[@ecjraj]

Try reading a Bible to find that answer. I'm not trying to be a smarty pants by the way.

[@realThomastheCat]

The shit they did in the past is the reason why we live in luxury today. Yes, this is done by a loving God.

[@g-max2810]

The Old Testament word of God said what to do, when to do and how to do. Study it and ask for understanding 😊

[@1mensch999]

G-Ma X what?

[@g-max2810]

1 mensch like saying the life is in the blood and to washing hands with running water. It’s pretty cool to find things like that in the word of God. Our first manual book. Cool huh ?

[@1mensch999]

G-Ma X what?

[@g-max2810]

1 mensch stop playing 🤦‍♀️