Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations

Other by Arnold van de Laar Narrated by Rich Keeble

Released 11 January 2018

Tracklist

  • 1
    Introduction - Healing by Hand: Chirurgeons and Surgeons
    22:29
  • 2
    Lithotomy - The Stone of Jan de Doot, Smith of Amsterdam
    17:42
  • 3
    Asphyxia - The Tracheotomy of the Century: President Kennedy
    20:50
  • 4
    Wound Healing - The Royal Prepuce: Abraham and King Louis XVI
    20:23
  • 5
    Shock - The Lady and the Anarchist: Empress Sisi
    19:18
  • 6
    Obesity - Popes: From Peter to Francis
    18:14
  • 7
    Stoma - The Miracle Bullet: Karol Wojtyła
    19:13
  • 8
    Fracture - Dr Democedes and the Greek Method: King Darius
    15:20
  • 9
    Varicose Veins - Lucy and Modern-Day Surgery: Australopithecus afarensis
    14:00
  • 10
    Peritonitis - The Death of an Escape Artist: Harry Houdini
    17:41
  • 11
    Narcosis - L’anaesthésie à la reine: Queen Victoria
    15:25
  • 12
    Gangrene - The Battle of Little Bay: Peter Stuyvesant
    19:23
  • 13
    Diagnosis - Doctors and Surgeons: Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes
    21:25
  • 14
    Complications - The Maestro and the Shah: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
    18:36
  • 15
    Dissemination - Two Musicians and Their Big Toes: Lully and Bob Marley
    21:29
  • 16
    Abdomen - The Romans and Abdominoplasty: Lucius Apronius Caesianus
    16:59
  • 17
    Aneurysm - The Relativity of Surgery: Albert Einstein
    15:08
  • 18
    Laparoscopy - Endoscopy and the Minimal Invasive Revolution
    15:06
  • 19
    Castration - The History of a Very Simple Operation: Adam, Eve and Farinelli
    22:34
  • 20
    Lung Cancer - Thoracotomy at Home: King George VI
    18:12
  • 21
    Placebo - The Fifth Man on the Moon: Alan Shepard
    22:23
  • 22
    Umbilical Hernia - The Miserable Death of a Stout Lady: Queen Caroline
    24:12
  • 23
    Short Stay, Fast Track - Rebels and Revolutions: Bassini and Lichtenstein
    21:00
  • 24
    Mors in tabula - The Limits of Surgery: Lee Harvey Oswald
    19:23
  • 25
    Prosthesis - Une belle épaule de la belle époque: The Baker Jules Pedoux
    17:56
  • 26
    Stroke - The Neck of Vladimir Ilyich Uljanov: Lenin
    20:16
  • 27
    Gastrectomy - Cowboys and Surgeons: Frau Thérèse Heller
    20:52
  • 28
    Anal fistula - La Grande Opération: King Louis XIV
    24:14
  • 29
    Electricity - 600 Volts: The Electric Eel at Artis Zoo
    22:02
  • 30
    Epilogue - The Surgeon of the Future: A Top 10
    19:25

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