Could You Survive Victorian Surgery? cover art

Could You Survive Victorian Surgery?

Could You Survive Victorian Surgery?

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

You're laid out on the surgeon's table. Wide awake. He stands over you knife in hand and behind him, in the stands, is a noisy crowd all joking, smoking and scoffing oysters, waiting for the show to start. Welcome to Victorian surgery! Could you survive?


Joining Maddy Pelling and Anthony Delaney this week is Sara Yorath, from the Old Operating Theatre museum in London.


Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


You can now watch After Dark on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit


Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.


You can take part in our listener survey here.


All music from Epidemic Sounds.

What listeners say about Could You Survive Victorian Surgery?

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.