Every PAINFUL Surgery Explained in 17 Minutes

Summary

This script delves into the harrowing medical procedures of the pre-anesthesia era, where patients underwent excruciating surgeries like lithotomy for kidney stones, cataract removal without any pain relief, and limb amputations with only leather straps to bite on. It also covers the grim realities of cesarean sections, hemorrhoidectomies, and trepanation, illustrating the stark contrast between past and modern medical practices.

Takeaways

• 🩺 In 17th century Europe, a traveling lithotomy performed painful bladder stone removals without anesthesia.
• 👀 Cataract surgery before anesthesia involved cutting into the lens with a sharp needle, causing extreme pain.
• 🩹 Amputation in the Napoleonic Wars was a brutal process, often done with a bone saw and hot iron to cauterize wounds.
• 🤰 Cesarean sections before anesthesia were life-threatening for mothers, who were conscious and in severe pain throughout.
• 🩲 Hemorrhoidectomy was a gruesome procedure, with surgeons cutting and suturing while patients were fully awake.
• 💀 Trepanation, or skull drilling, was performed in ancient civilizations to release 'bad spirits' causing headaches.
• 🧠 Lobotomy, a now-discredited psychiatric procedure, involved hammering picks through the eye sockets into the brain.
• 🏥 Mastectomy in the 1800s was a last resort for breast cancer, often resulting in severe pain and high mortality rates.
• 🦷 Dental extractions were done with crude tools, causing immense pain and potential damage to the jaw.
• 🔪 Tumor excision surgeries were performed by cutting and digging out cancerous masses while patients were conscious.

Q & A

What was the role of a traveling lithotomy in 17th century Europe?

A traveling lithotomy was a surgeon specializing in removing bladder stones, using instruments like a lithotomy knife and a thin rod, and was the only hope for those suffering from kidney stones in 17th century Europe.

How were bladder stones removed during a lithotomy procedure?

Bladder stones were removed by making an incision and using tongs and forceps to extract the stones through the narrow urethral tube, all without anesthesia, which was extremely painful for the patient.

What challenges did cataract surgery present before the advent of anesthesia?

Before anesthesia, cataract surgery involved using a sharp needle or knife to cut into the eye tissue, which caused intense pain and required the patient to be forcibly restrained to prevent movement.

How did the process of amputation during the Napoleonic Wars differ from modern times?

Amputation during the Napoleonic Wars was a brutal process that involved using a bone saw to cut through skin, muscle, and bone, often without any anesthesia, leading to extreme pain and high risk of infection or death.

What was the typical procedure for a cesarean section before anesthesia?

Before anesthesia, a cesarean section involved making a deep incision into the abdomen and uterus to extract the infant, with the woman being fully awake and in horrific pain, often leading to high maternal mortality rates.

How were hemorrhoids treated surgically before modern medicine?

Surgical treatment for hemorrhoids involved using a sharp blade to cut around the hemorrhoidal masses and then suturing the wounds closed, all while the patient was conscious and experiencing severe pain.

What was the purpose of trepanation in ancient civilizations?

Trepanation was performed to allow ghosts or supernatural powers to enter or exit the body, often to cure ailments like headaches and convulsions, by drilling or chipping away at the skull.

What was the procedure for a lobotomy and why was it considered inhumane?

A lobotomy involved severing connections in the prefrontal cortex of the brain, often using metal picks hammered through the eye sockets, causing immense pain and potentially turning the patient into a lifeless husk, which is considered inhumane due to the extreme pain and brain damage.

How did dental extractions differ in the 18th century compared to today?

In the 18th century, dental extractions were performed by barber-surgeons using crude tools like pliers and forceps, causing extreme pain and often leading to complications like fractured jaws and uncontrolled bleeding.

What was the surgical process for removing a tumor before the era of anesthesia?

Before anesthesia, removing a tumor involved making incisions around the tumor, digging around the mass to dislodge it, and using hot iron tools to cauterize the wound, all while the patient was fully conscious and feeling every slice.

How were fistula surgeries performed in the early 19th century?

Fistula surgeries in the early 19th century involved making incisions around the fistula path and peeling away the flesh in a spiral pattern to expose and remove the abnormal connection, causing extreme pain and often leading to dissociation from the agony.

Outlines

00:00

🩺 Harrowing Medical Procedures of the Past

This paragraph delves into the grim reality of medical treatments before the advent of modern medicine. It discusses the removal of kidney stones through lithotomy, a procedure that involved the use of rudimentary tools like a lithotomy knife and staff, causing immense pain to the patient. The narrative then shifts to cataract surgery, which was performed without anesthesia, leading to excruciating pain as the surgeon manually removed the cataract. The paragraph also describes the horrors of amputation during the Napoleonic Wars, cesarean sections without anesthesia, and the painful extraction of hemorrhoids. Each procedure is depicted as a torturous ordeal, highlighting the lack of pain management and the crude surgical methods of the time.

05:00

🔪 Intense Surgeries of Yore: A Torturous Journey

Paragraph 2 continues the exploration of pre-anesthetic medical procedures, focusing on the brutalities of childbirth via cesarean section, where the decision to save the mother or child was often left to the father. The paragraph vividly describes the process of performing a C-section on a fully conscious woman, including the use of sharp scalpels and the horrifying pain experienced. It also touches on the treatment of hemorrhoids through surgery, which involved cutting and suturing while the patient was awake. The paragraph concludes with a look at trepanation, an ancient practice of drilling holes in the skull to release 'evil spirits,' and lobotomy, a barbaric method of treating mental illnesses by severing brain connections, both of which were performed without any regard for the patient's suffering.

10:02

🩲 A Glimpse into the Agonizing World of Historical Surgeries

Paragraph 3 provides a graphic account of various surgical procedures from the past, emphasizing the lack of anesthesia and the immense suffering endured by patients. It covers the removal of breast cancer through mastectomies, where women had to endure the slicing and removal of breast tissue while fully conscious. The paragraph also describes the brutal extraction of teeth by barber-surgeons using pliers-like tools, causing severe pain and potential jaw fractures. The narrative includes the removal of tumors through invasive surgeries, where patients were subjected to hours of cutting and burning without any pain relief. Finally, it touches on fistula surgery, detailing the process of cutting away flesh around abnormal connections, all while the patient was forced to remain still and endure the unbearable agony.

15:02

🩼 The Dark Age of Orthopedic Surgery and Its Aftermath

The final paragraph discusses the grim realities of orthopedic surgeries in the past, particularly focusing on the treatment of broken bones. It describes a scenario where a patient with a shattered leg is subjected to a bone-setting procedure without any form of anesthesia. The surgeon uses bone saws and metal clamps, causing the patient to experience unbearable pain as the leg is realigned and the wound cauterized. The paragraph paints a vivid picture of the patient's struggle to remain still amidst the agony, the use of hot irons to close the wound, and the eventual splinting of the limb. It concludes with a reflection on the patient's return home, highlighting the harsh conditions and the lack of medical advancements that made such surgeries a nightmare for those who underwent them.

Keywords

💡Lithotomy

Lithotomy refers to a surgical procedure for the removal of kidney stones or bladder stones. In the context of the video, it highlights the gruesome and painful nature of medical procedures in the 17th century Europe, where patients would have to undergo lithotomy without anesthesia. The script describes how a 'traveling lithotomy' would use a lithotomy knife and a thin rod to remove stones, causing immense pain to the patient.

💡Anesthesia

Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or consciousness that is induced for medical purposes, such as surgery. The video script contrasts the horrific experiences of patients before the advent of anesthesia with modern medical practices. It emphasizes the agony that patients had to endure, such as in lithotomy, cataract surgery, and other procedures, where they were fully conscious and feeling every cut and incision.

💡Cataract

A cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens that leads to a decrease in vision clarity. The video script uses cataract surgery as an example of the extreme pain and discomfort patients faced in pre-anesthesia times. It describes the process where a surgeon would use a sharp needle to dislocate the cataract, causing unbearable pain to the patient who was held down and forced to remain still.

💡Amputation

Amputation is the surgical removal of a limb or part of a limb. In the script, amputation is depicted as a common and necessary procedure, especially in the context of war injuries. It illustrates the brutal reality of battlefield medicine, where soldiers would have to bite down on a leather strap and endure the excruciating pain of having a limb sawed off to prevent infection.

💡Cesarean Section

A cesarean section, or C-section, is a surgical procedure in which a baby is delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen and uterus. The video script discusses the harrowing experience of women who underwent this procedure before anesthesia, where they were awake and felt every cut and incision, including the horrifying pain of the surgeon making a deep incision into the uterus to extract the infant.

💡Hemorrhoidectomy

Hemorrhoidectomy is the surgical removal of hemorrhoids, which are swollen veins in the rectum or anus. The script paints a vivid picture of the intense pain associated with this procedure in the pre-anesthesia era, where patients would have their hemorrhoids cut out while fully conscious, leading to a description of 'being repeatedly impaled' and the subsequent缝合 of the wounds.

💡Trepanation

Trepanation is the process of making a hole in the skull, historically performed for various reasons, including medical and ritualistic. The video script mentions trepanation in ancient Peru, where it was believed to release 'bad spirits' causing ailments. It describes the slow and agonizing process of chipping away at the skull with a sharp tool, which would have been incredibly painful and risky for the patient.

💡Lobotomies

Lobotomy is a surgical procedure that involves the severing of neural connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex, once believed to be a treatment for mental illnesses. The video script refers to lobotomies as a brutal and inhumane method of 'treatment,' where patients were subjected to having metal picks hammered through their eye sockets into the brain, causing immense pain and potentially turning them into 'lifeless husks.'

💡Mastectomy

Mastectomy is the surgical removal of a breast, often performed due to breast cancer. The script describes the procedure in the 1800s, where women would have to endure the excruciating pain of having their breast tissue cut away without any anesthesia. It highlights the grim reality of medical treatments for cancer before modern advancements, where the surgery itself was as dangerous as the disease.

💡Dental Extraction

Dental extraction is the removal of a tooth from its socket in the jawbone. The video script recounts the painful experience of dental extraction in the past, where patients would have a tooth violently pulled using plier-like tools, causing severe pain and potential damage to the jaw and surrounding tissues. It emphasizes the lack of concern for patient comfort and the rudimentary nature of dental practices at the time.

💡Fistula Surgery

Fistula surgery refers to the surgical repair of an abnormal connection between two body parts, such as an organ and the skin. The script describes the procedure for treating a fistula, which involved cutting away at the flesh in a spiral pattern to remove the fistula tube. It illustrates the extreme pain and the graphic nature of surgical interventions before the advent of modern medicine and anesthesia, where patients had to endure the agony of such operations fully conscious.

Highlights

In 17th century Europe, kidney stones were treated by traveling lithotomists using lithotomy knives and staffs.

Patients undergoing lithotomy had no anesthesia and were often strapped to tables for the procedure.

Lithotomy involved searching for and extracting kidney stones the size of golf balls through the urethra.

Cataract surgery before anesthesia involved cutting into the lens of the eye with a sharp needle, causing extreme pain.

Amputations in the Napoleonic Wars were done with bone saws, often without any pain relief.

Cesarean sections before anesthesia were performed with the woman awake, tied to a table, and in horrific pain.

Hemorrhoidectomy involved cutting and removing swollen veins in the rectum or anus without any pain relief.

Trepanation, or drilling a hole in the skull, was performed in ancient Peru to release bad spirits causing headaches.

Lobotomy involved hammering metal picks through the eye sockets into the brain to treat mental illnesses.

Mastectomies in the 1800s were done without anesthesia, often resulting in a 50/50 chance of survival.

Dental extractions in the 1700s involved violent pulling of teeth with plier-like tools causing immense pain.

Tumor excision in the early 1800s was done by hacking out the tumor mass while the patient was fully conscious.

Fistula surgery involved cutting away flesh in a spiral pattern around the fistula tube, causing extreme agony.

Orthopedic surgery for broken bones involved bone saws and metal clamps, with patients experiencing intense pain.

Anesthesia has revolutionized surgery, eliminating the need for patients to endure the horrors of pre-anesthetic procedures.

Transcripts

lithotomy if you were unlucky enough to

have kidney stones in 17th century

Europe you would need a traveling

lithotomy think of him as the rock star

of bladder stone removal your only hope

was to seek out a traveling lithotomy a

surgeon specializing in removing bladder

stones where he used things like a

lithotomy knife and a thin rod to go up

your peeing hole known as a lithotomy

staff you'd lie down potentially

strapped to a table as the lithotomy

sized up his workspace no and atics no

pain relief just you him and his narrow

set of instruments that were about to go

up your urethra the tube that you Ed to

pee through they'd make a nice little

incision and go looking around in your

private parts like a kid searching for

Loose Change in the couch cushions

except instead of finding quarters

they'd be yanking out kidney stones the

size of golf balls so you can imagine

the doctor Midway when he gets a large

one had that thing fit in there all

while you're biting down on a leather

strap trying not to scream and if that

weren't enough on they'd sometimes have

to go a step further and enter through

the back door those were the good old

days when put them under meant knocking

you over the head with a mallet or

having you drink unsafe amounts of vodka

until you can't feel a thing once he

managed to locate and dislodge the

stones these tongs and forceps would

come to extract them one fragment at a

time through that narrow urethal tube

it's reported that in most cases this

procedure would make a grown man wish

for the sweet release of of death the

surgery could last hours upon hours all

you could do was remain precariously

still while enduring what equated to the

Pains of childbirth through your urethra

cataract surgery now cataracts are those

annoying cloudy spots in the lenses of

your eye that can interfere with your

vision they form when the proteins in

your lenses start clumping together this

makes it harder for light to pass

through properly so you end up with

blurry vision faded colors and trouble

seeeing at night over time if they get

worse they can really mess with your

ability to see clearly cataracts often

occur with age and can easily be fixed

with modern surgery in about an hour but

unfortunately for many people who got

cataracts before they got old in

pre-anesthesia time the surgery wasn't

pleasant to say the least you'd find

yourself seated chin propped up as a

surgeon loomed before you holding a

slender razor sharp needle or knife now

the instructions were simple do not move

or you'd go blind easy right with your

eye held open by metal speculums the

surgeon would begin the process of

making a cut into the extremely

sensitive eye tissue each millimeter of

Blade cutting would trigger lightning

bolts of searing pain directly into

their brain their bodies were forcibly

restrained as they thrashed in torment

while the surgeon's assistants struggled

to keep their heads still during the

convulsions once the cut was made the

next stage was often to insert the sharp

needle deep into the eyes lens to

dislocate the Cataract now if you were a

surgeon of that era you had to possess

remarkably steady hands and nerves of

Steel to operate unconscious patients

the lack of anesthesia as you can

imagine made cataract surgeries before

the 19th century tremendously agonizing

because someone is literally picking

around your eye with needles but at

least you now had an eye openening

experience amputation let's say you're a

young soldier in the Napoleonic Wars you

take a nasty Cannonball to the leg out

on the battlefield and unfortunately for

you it's shattered Beyond repair your

only hope is getting that limb chopped

off before infection sets in so there

you are lying on an operating table

probably in some dimly lit tent smelling

of blood and pain the surgeon comes over

bone saw in hand and tells you to bite

down on a leather strap or stick and be

a man easy for him to say he would then

use a razor sharp knife or saw to cut

through the skin muscle and bone of the

leg blood loss was also a major issue so

tourniquets were applied extrem

extremely tightly to attempt to stem the

bleeding during the amputation the whole

procedure from the first incision to

complete removal of the leg often took

20 to 30 excruciating minutes from start

to finish after the limb was finally

severed the remaining stump was heated

and cauterized using a red hot iron

Implement to burn the wound closed

survival rates were low as many patients

died from the same injuries that

necessitated amputation or from

subsequent infection or blood loss

survival was a coin toss infection or

blood loss could get you either way

cesarian section let us take a quick

biology lesson to talk about the birds

and the bees now normally women give

birth through the vagina however in some

cases a C-section is needed sometimes

Nature's exit door just isn't big enough

and a little surgical intervention is

required this surgery is usually

necessary if the baby is too large in an

unusual position or if there are

complications like health risk to the

mother those times when the baby decides

to play hide and seek with the birth

canal or show off from acrobatic moves

now some women before anesthesia weren't

as lucky and the decision on whether to

save the baby or the woman went to the

father if the father chose to save the

baby well a live C-section would be

performed the woman is secure to the

table her wrists and ankles bound

tightly to limit movements just a casual

day at the medieval Spa the surgeon

takes up a razor sharp scalpel and leans

over the patient's exposed belly

enlarged with her unborn child then he

begins carving into the flesh hot iron

tools would be on hand to sear bleeding

vessels as the cut was fully extended

retractors and hooks would be used to

peel back and hold open the tissues to

expose the uterus imagine your body

being opened like a biology textbook

except you're wide awake and flipping

the pages isn't optional once visible

the surgeon would make a second deep

incision directly into the uterus and

tissue using the scalpel the sack would

be ruptured and and the infant would be

carefully extracted all while the woman

was awake and in the most horrific pain

you can imagine now because of the blood

loss almost always the mother would die

but at least the father had a new

healthy baby to look forward to

hemorrhoid ectomy another horrible

condition to have before the invention

of modern medicine you see hemorrhoids

are swollen veins in your rectum or anus

that can itch hurt and sometimes bleed

they often happen from straining during

bowel movements or just sitting too long

so let us set the scene you're a patient

Afflicted with severely prolapsed

bleeding hemorrhoids huge veins in the

lower rectum making every movement a new

adventure in pain with a razor sharp

Blade the surgeon begins making the

first Cuts around the hemorrhoidal

masses it doesn't take a genius to

realize that someone with sharp

instruments moving about in your ass is

more than extremely painful but the

patient unfortunately has multiple

hemorrhoids just sitting there as the

surgeon dissects isolates each

individual hemorrhoid blood often poured

literally everywhere involuntary muscle

contractions from the pain made it

difficult for the surgeon to operate

accurately often leading to repeated

cutting motions that made the suffering

worse removing internal hemorrhoids

required operating deeper into the butt

causing Sensations like being repeatedly

impaled after what feels like an

eternity of being repeatedly impaled the

final stage involves suturing the wounds

closed while you're still conscious ouch

trepanation let's talk about a

mindblowing experience literally assume

you're living in ancient Peru Circa

6,500 BC you've been experiencing

splitting headaches and convulsions that

won't stop the medicine man takes one

look at you and says I've got just the

Cure we're going to drill a hole into

that head of yours and get rid of the

bad spirits in certain civilizations

trepanation was thought to allow ghosts

or Supernatural powers to enter or exit

the body to begin the patient's head

would be tightly bound or held in place

as any movement can make the whole

procedure go horribly wrong in some

cases they may have been given wine or

herbal concoctions in an attempt to dull

the paint the surgeon would then take a

sharpened Stone metal tool or even a

flint knife and begin scraping or

chipping away at the skull Peace by

agonizing peace layers of bone would be

removed in a slow meticulous process in

certain cases the entire operation

consisted of drilling a single hole

using a drill-like instrument attached

to a reed or wooden shaft as the drill

bit bored into the skull for The Unlucky

ones the surgery went further large

sections of the skull had to be removed

entirely this may have involved using a

cranial saw to cut a rectangular or

rounded bone flap those who survived the

initial trauma then faced a battle with

infection as open wounds oozed and

throbbed however trep did employ

rudimentary antibacterial remedies like

pepper wine and fungal extracts to

encourage healing feeling labotomy so

basically the idea behind these labotomy

procedures was that severing Connections

in the prefrontal cortex of the brain

would somehow help treat mental

illnesses like schizophrenia well from

our more Humane medical point of view

looking back it's just an insane way to

treat a mental illness kind of like

having to hammer in a door nail so you

carpet bomb the entire house just to

make sure you got it just in case let's

say you're the patient and we're

restrained and completely awake as the

surgeon took these metal picks or levers

and literally hammered them through the

eye sockets towards the brain obviously

the moment those pics made contact with

the brain tissue the patient would just

let out these screams of immense pain

the pics were just slicing and tearing

through the most sensitive areas of the

brain all in an effort to cure the

patient and the surgeons didn't stop

there they kept jamming the pics deeper

into the prefrontal cortex severing

connections all while the patient was

essentially being butchered from the

Inside Out hemorrhaging seizures

convulsions all expected all accounted

for in these operations the craziest

part is they kept going until they

achieved the desired calming effect

which really just meant inflicting

enough brain trauma to potentially turn

the person into a lifeless husk which

was barely effective as now you had

someone who was suffering from

schizophrenia the whole time but

couldn't even complain about it

mastectomy if you were a woman who

discovered a lump in her breast in the

1800s it was often thought to be a sign

of potentially deadly breast cancer back

then there was no way to screen for it

no chemotherapy no radiation treatments

a full mastectomy removal of breast was

the only option to try and stop the

spread in some cases a leather strap or

stick was placed between your teeth to

help muffle the screams of Agony of pain

that were to come with a scalpel or

curved surgical knife the surgeon would

make the first incision slicing through

the skin of your breast as cancer and

the tissue were slowly slowly and

painfully separated from the body the

time came to cut through the chest wall

muscles to remove the cancer fully this

process involving cutting muscle fibers

was perhaps the most excruciatingly

painful part this part of the surgery

could last an hour or more before the

diseased breast tissue was finally

removed leaving the patient in such

horrible pain that she stood a 50/50

chance of dying by the next morning if

she was lucky so now not only did you

lose your boobs but you now had the

chance of dying from an entire list of

infections with names from A to Z cuz

hygiene wasn't that big of an idea back

then Dental extractions unfortunately

you took one too many drinks at the

party hit your mouth at the local pub in

1710 England and were taken to the

barber in front of you is a huge and

beefy looking guy who is the barber

surgeon of the Town a barber who yes

literally does cut hair in his free time

it's just that at the time they also

doubled down as surgeons because they

knew anatomy and his hands a set of

crude scalers hooks scalpel and forceps

the procedure involved the dentist or

practitioner using plier likee tools to

firmly grasp and violently pull the

tooth from its socket in the Jawbone as

the steel instruments clamped down on

the tooth a lot of pain obviously

radiated through the sensitive nerves

and tissues in the area when the pulling

motion began it incited insane pressure

and tearing sensation in the gums tooth

sockets and surrounding bone structure

involuntary movement from the extreme

pain made it difficult for the dentist

to maintain a secure grip often leading

to repeated violent reaching motions

that made the suffering worse bleeding

from the trauma to the soft oral tissue

was hard to control and risked choking

if excess blood drained down the throat

to make it worse because of all the

force used the patients risked having

their jaws literally fractured now

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parents aren't looking excision of

tumors so you're living back in the

early 1800s and you've got this tumor

growing on your neck or stomach region

we're talking about a big Mass

protruding out at the time there were no

effective treatments for cancer Beyond

primitive surgery your only hope is to

go under the knife and have this cancer

hacked out entirely now the issue was

that they were literally going to slice

you open and dig out this tumor Mass

while you're fully conscious ious and

feeling every slice you're made to drink

a large amount of alcohol to cope with

the pain then the surgeon starts making

the first Cuts with a sharp scalpel or

those curved surgery knives this time

slicing straight into your skin and

flesh around the tumor's edges the

intense searing Agony hits you instantly

as all those nerve endings get severed

as The Cutting continues the surgeon

digs around the tumor mass and they're

cauterizing the bleeders too by searing

your flesh with these Red Hot Tools

filling the air with a stench of burning

flesh with each tug and tear as they try

to dislodge the tumor you're thrashing

violently against the restraints maybe

they have to call in even more stronger

guys to hold you down at this point

finally after what could be hours of

this sadistic slicing and Excavating the

entire tumor emerges but often they must

make one final lacerating cut to extract

it fully so they must repeat the whole

process again but at least you're cancer

free now fistula surgery a fistula is an

abnormal connection between two parts of

the body like an organ or blood vessel

imagine your body deciding it needs a

few extra doors where there really

shouldn't be any for example it can form

between the intestine and the skin

causing leakage if you were a patient in

the early 19th century Afflicted with a

fistula an abnormal painful pus-filled

Channel burrowing between the rectum and

external skin your only option was to

see a surgeon to fix you up a visit to

the surgeon back then was less medical

Marvel and more horror movie with a

razor sharp scal helpful the surgeon

begins laying open the affected area by

making the first incisions around the

fistula path and here's where it gets

fun for the surgeon at least the surgeon

starts slicing into the area in a spiral

pattern peeling all the flesh away from

the fistula tube it's like trying to

peel an orange with a scalpel but way

more squishy and less vitamin C every

cut every tug bam apparently it's

described as a level of torture where

your mind just dissociates from the

agony imagine your body being so done

with this nonsense that your brain just

says no out of the situation finally

mercifully they finish by cauterizing

the whole area shut with those Red Hot

Irons thanks to Anesthesia we can now do

those repairs without putting people

through such Horrors orthopedic surgery

it was a bizarre accident one wrong step

and a painful crack as your leg shatters

like a twig as you lay on the

Cobblestone pavement waves of nausea

rush over you from the Searing pain that

had swept through your damage leg the

surgeon's Chambers provide little

assistance as two assistants half

carried half dragged you inside and

fastened you to the rickety operating

table sweat went over your eyes as you

examine the collection of bone saws

metal clamps and other instruments you

had heard were used now it was your turn

the surgeon himself entered his

expression confused as to how someone

could break their leg on a staircase as

he examined the bend in the patient's

leg he nodded and motioned for a leather

strap which was then pushed between your

clenched Jaws the initial cut with a

scalpel into your legs sent lightning

bolts of agonizing pain through your

body at one point the surgeon's helper

had to throw his full body weight across

your screaming body to keep you still

the stench of charred flesh engulfed you

as the hot iron dropped cauterizing the

deep wound shut finally the painful

surgery came to an end you slipped in

and out of Consciousness waking to find

your wounded Limbs splinted and clothed

with your new leg hop on back home to

tell the misses of your horrible night

out