Watch Turn-of-the-Century Surgery (1900) Online

George Mélies made a version of this a few years later, often titled Une Indigestion, but Guy-Blaché’s earlier film Chirurgie Fin de Siecle (1900) is more widely available. And it’s not one to watch the night before an operation. In this clinic, a sign pleads “On est prie de ne pas crier/Please do not cry”, and the doctors set about the patient with saws, cheerily hacking off limbs, and then slopping them into a bucket, all the while arguing ferociously with each other. They then reattach arms and legs from a bucket of “exchange pieces” (using glue) before re-animating their victim, I mean patient, with bellows. (from http://silentlondon.co.uk/2015/01/23/10-disgusting-moments-in-silent-cinema/) Read More

Watch Turn-of-the-Century Surgery online. Featuring , Turn-of-the-Century Surgery is classified as Science Fiction and Horror genre movie with an average rating across the web of 4.8. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in France and was released on 1900. Turn-of-the-Century Surgery was directed by Alice Guy-Blaché. Read Less