Radical amputation of the left breast (1930)

[BadGirlOfAutism]

How much would this have cost a patient (equivalent of today's money) back then? As I understand it the NHS wasn't in existence in the 1930s and thus people had to pay for all medical treatment.

[SpeakerSett]

They moved on from cleaning corpses to delivering babies (which caused puerperal fever) to operations. Oh my gosh

[HaiLsKuNkY]

at the time they didn't know much about bacteria and use to wash the bandage and reuse them.

[Pedy1968]

Awww what a brutal operation in this time...i hope she had survived it.Thank you for this intersting video!

[edwardschlosser1]

Treatment of breast cancer hasn't really changed as much as you think. Most breast cancers appear in the upper outer quandrant. Surgical removal is still the most effective treatment we have. I have a friend who resently died at the age of 46 from breast cancer whose grandmother was diagnosed and treated with this very procedure in the 1930's. She lived into her 80's. Pre-menapausal, non-estrogen sensitve breast cancers should never be treated with a lumpectomy. A modified radical.........

[farenht456]

holy shit

[Iruth27]

I wonder why youtube hasn't banned this video

[ApertureMiku]

@Iruth27 thats medical

[Iruth27]

@ApertureMiku Yeah, I eventually figured that out, thanks though for the answer.

[JessiebelleTX]

Think about it. This was 80 years ago. There have been amazing advances in medical technology and knowledge, but one critical thing in this era would've been speed and preventing an excessive loss of blood. I'm told my great grandmother had this done, possibly even before 1930 (she was in her 40s) and lived to her 80s. So the success rate was probably decent if the cancer had not spread or metastasized. It seems violent, but lengthy anesthesiology was not as safe as it is today, either, I think.

[krstnlhjt]

I know this surgery was probably 'state of the art' in the 1930's, but I wonder what the success rate was for the patient after undergoing such a radical operation.

[josecuevasandrade]

Aye, this is better then 2 girls and 1 cup!

[MrDswizkid98]

yowwza

[astua]

i thought surgeons had to be gentle. im more gentle when gutting a deer

[krstnlhjt]

@astua remember, this was a long time ago. And, the patient was not awake. Over time, radical surgery has improved, but u jus thave to keep in mind the time of this video

[Marmalade000000]

I saw the way the surgeon sewed the wound up - today they staple it. What's more, I didn't think amputating a breast was so complicated!