Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time S01E05 - Episode 5
Summary:
Patient Maxine, who comes into St Bartholomew's Hospital with a diseased heart valve, inspires Alice to investigate the world of body snatchers and how when the supply failed to meet demand, people took matters into their own hands to provide medical schools with cadavers. She also looks into the history of anaesthetic with historian Lesley Smith and hears about St Bartholomew's first washerwoman, Elizabeth Johnson.
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+ As a surgeon performs openheart surgery, a procedure
+ based in centuries of anatomical study, Alice explores
+ the work of body snatchers and history of anesthesia.
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