Vintage Brain Surgery (Tumor Removal) Video
This vintage video is from 1933 and documents open brain surgery during which tumor was removed from patient’s brain. The video is in black and white and is silent (music was added just so there isn’t 8 minutes of silence). I was rather surprised that such fine surgery was possible in the thirties. Hand tools were used to open the skull (rather large opening, if you ask me) – not one of those computer controlled laser thingies. Amazing work on behalf of the surgeon.
Prefrontal lobe tuberculoma removal video is below, enjoy:
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Tags: Brain Surgery, cancer tumor, tumor, Tumor Removal, Vintage Video
Posted by Best Gore on December 7, 2009 in Medical
Posted by Best Gore on December 7, 2009 in Medical
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“Good times” I remember this..
it’s pretty old,, But I still enjoy watching this and eating dinner at the same time…
Still Faces of Death, had a lot of this in it too…
“YUM”..
Some golden moments..
Lol! Did anyone else laugh when it just said “TUMOUR”? The music with this video just cracks me up too.
Amazing surgery though. Beautiful use of tools, I always forget how advanced medicine actually was back then… kudos to the surgeons… Although they’re probably dead now
Mmmm brains (salivating zombie) O.o
Its def neat-o but I’m still scared to get my skull
opened up. I imgaine if doctors did take top off my cranium prolly silly string n pop-out bouncy tings would come flying out. LOL
No doubt!
SICKNERSS!!!
KICK ASSS DUDE!
Badass video!
They probably made such a big cut in the skull because they were unsure of the tumor’s locations. We watched a virtual brain surgery in school and they talked about how without the programs they had locating the tumor was more difficult. I imagine it would be extremely difficult since this was done in the 30′s.