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This Is How Surgeries Were Done In The Victorian Era
These are the scary images of how surgeries were performed in the Victorian era. These images can simply creep you out.
As the technology is improving day by day, there are many things that are being accomplished due to it. Nowadays, we could undergo some of the major surgeries without any pain. However, have you ever wondered how surgeries were performed back then?
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Here are some of the images of surgeries that were performed during the Victorian era. These are the images that would surely make you thank your stars for being born in this age with advanced technology around you.
These images of the Victorian era will surely make you see a surgery in a whole new perspective, a dark one. Check out these images of surgeries that are quite scary to look at and seem awfully painful.

A Strabismus Correction Surgery
This surgery involved a division of the internal muscles of the eyeball. It was done so that the eye would point into the right direction!
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Removing The Lower Jaw
This scary image shows us as to how the surgery of removing the lower jaw was performed back then while the patient was still in his/her senses.
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How Blood Loss Was Reduced
This method shows us as to how compression of the arteries in the arms and legs was done in the Victorian era. This was performed to reduce blood loss during injuries.
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An Operation Scene Painting…
This is a painting of the first British operation that was carried out with anesthesia. Apparently, the doctor operated with a knife that was gripped between his teeth. He could amputate a leg in under three minutes.
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Surgical Instruments Used In This Era
This image shows the different surgical instruments like saws, knives and shears that were used to operate the bones. Ouch!!
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An Anatomy Of The Armpit
This picture shows the anatomy of the armpit and the ligature. They used a clamp by string to stop the blood flow to a blood vessel near it.
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Amputation Of Carious Toes
This is the most scary and painful picture of an amputation of carious toes!
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Surgeries Done At The Arteries
These images are of the surgeries that were done at the site of ligature of the arteries in the lower arm and elbow joint.
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Tongue Cancer Surgery
This scary picture of tongue cancer would scare anybody to death! We're glad these methods are no more used!
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A Ligature Surgery
This is an image of a ligature of an artery in the inguinal region.
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A Brain Surgery…
This is how a cross section of the human brain was taken and surgery performed during that era.
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Correction Of Blood Supply...
This is how the musculature and blood supply of the wrist and hand were being corrected back then.
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Thorax Dissection
This image shows us as to how thorax dissection was performed. It shows the relative positions of the lungs, heart and primary blood vessels.
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Dissection Of Aorta…
This image shows the dissection of the aorta and the major arteries of the thorax and abdomen.
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Anatomy Of The Intestines…
This image shows us the anatomy of the large intestine, in front and back views.
Do share your thoughts if these images actually scared you.
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