Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids (1930), pt 1 of 2

[ZebraPrideParty]

I have to get this done March 2nd, thank goodness for anesthesia :]

Wish me luck <3

[MsMusiclovea]

@ZebraPrideParty I have gotton it done. There is nothing to worry about! It may seem scary now, but trust me, its really not! Good luck :)

[kalloused]

Unsanitary much?

[Aggressiveinline101]

I'm getting my tansills and adenoids taken out this Wednesday and I'm terrified I didn't even watch the video I am being sedated though any advice

[redprospect51]

@Aggressiveinline101 When I was 6 i had mine removed, except I grew up in Russia and this was 1994 so the operation was done without any anesthetic what so ever, I was tied down to the chair (arms and legs) and was completely conscious throughout the entire procedure. I cant distinctly remember the pain, but I do remember my body convulsing from the pain, so it was pretty bad. I was released the same day and had to walk home from the hospital through the snow, in the Russian winter... good times

[magdi1974]

@redprospect51 r u serious, 6 year old walking home from hospital, alone. was anyone with you

[CaveofTwoLovers]

@magdi1974

Back in those days you really didn't need to have someone with you. Not quite so many paedophiles or abductors, you see.

[MsMusiclovea]

@Aggressiveinline101 Trust me Its not scary, i got it done and it wasn't scary. Good luck :)

[webkinzsuperstar08]

omg i had my tonsils and adenoids taken out on the 9th of august.

[StopMotionable]

@webkinzsuperstar08 LMFAO me too xD

[claws9198]

I can't believe that girl was awake looks painfull!

[Marmalade000000]

thank God for cauterization!!!

[SparkleWebkiinz]

Dont worry they dont dry your throat with a cotton ball now. That was way back then. Now they have a little fan sucker thing to dry your throat. And yes that person was awake.

[RTacular]

Sweet mother of mercy, I thought my daughter's removal was tough, what with all the modern technology and endoscopic tools. I can't even imagine how much more miserable she would be if she had to have it done this way! O.O

[CutieTheGP]

why did i watch dis??

[platinum243125]

Did anesthesia even exist in the 1930s'?

[CutieTheGP]

@platinum243125 Yes, it was invented in 1842, I know weird huh?

[Selrise]

@platinum243125 Yes, it was most commonly induced by an ethyl chloride spray, normally from a tube connected to a handheld canister the drug. Chloroform was also rarely used, but not nearly as often as the spray, mostly because chloroform had many dangerous side effects. Chloroform was only really used by rural call-in doctors. So the answer to your question is yes! (Info provided by the US Department of Anesthesia.)

[platinum243125]

@Selrise Excellent answer, thanks! Are you an anesthesiologist?

[krstnlhjt]

Just think, this was state of the art surgery at the time.

[xXsabbath180Xx]

man... i wish my parents would've let me go through letting me get me tonsils removed. now i get chronic tonsilitis!

[kitty100ify]

wow. imagine the fact that they probably didnt have the best anesthesia....................­......

[timdaman250]

im getting mine removed...... im scared



[jonaslover9897]

@timdaman250 i got mine removed when i was 6

[DizzyBlonde92]

@timdaman250

i got mine removed yesterday! its fine! just soreish after! u be that tired all u do is sleep xx

[krstnlhjt]

@timdaman250 - When my brother got his removed 45 years ago, the doctors let him keep his tonsils for 'show and tell'. They did not look like the tonsils in the cartoons. But, I bet he had the best thing to show for 'show and tell' day in kindergarten. Dont be scared. I would bet removing tonsils today is quicker and less obtrusive then when this film was made. Ask if you can keep your tonsils too. lol

[krstnlhjt]

@timdaman250 oops, not obtrusive, intrusive. Sorry

[Devansell09]

Already have mine out but looking at this makes my throat hurt. Lol

[MameySapote]

interesting

[britneyspearsizmint]

omg

i just got toniclittis or whatever u call it nd doctors sed i need them remived im so scared:(

[myah121]

got mine out recently im still recouvring dident know how they do it now that i know im scared to get any other surgery

[evster123c]

@myah121 i think this was filmed in 1930. they might have different procedures now

[LeeTheHowee]

i am reading roald dahls kinda auto biography it seemed that it went so quick he expalined it, just scrape then he spat it lots of lumps?

[KiDiSHONESx]

i just got mines tooken out, this maybe the worst pain in world.

[anuncommonusername]

The horrible thing is, 30 years before this was filmed, they did it without anaesthetic

[Hollowpoint1991]

BBRRROOOOOTTAALLL!!! This should be played to metal music.

[greta940503]

1. doesn't saliva come reflexively ? i mean we don't force ourself to meke it, so why should the "drying "work ?"

2 . HOW THE HELL DOES SHE BREATHE ?

[myah121]

@greta940503 theres a tube my mom told me but before she did i was thinking the same

[Emrald70]

this looks so primitive and "metal" compared to today :)

[tamato27]

that was ouch

but the jelly and ice cream was nice :))

[hcoll]

And painful looking.

[cusil4d]

thats just cool