5 TYPES OF 19TH CENTURY SURGERIES

COSMETIC 1889

HEART 1895

BRAIN 1866

STOMACH 1871

EXPERIMENTAL 1845-1849

Early forms of cosmetic surgery were developed and refined throughout the 19th century.The first ever successful heart surgery was performed in Norway, with surgeons shutting off a bleeding coronary artery.Brain surgery was highly experimental and incredibly dangerous; the patient was not expected to live through it.The removal of the stomach by surgeon Theodor Billrot was one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the period.Experimental surgery on humans was not uncommon, with surgeons like J Marion Sims experimenting on live subjects to discover new surgical techniques.