Turn-of-the-Century Surgery(1900)

Turn-of-the-Century Surgery Synopsis

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/)

Turn-of-the-Century Surgery (1900) is a science fiction, horror and comedy film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, released on January 1, 1900 with a runtime of 2m. Viewers rate it 4.9 out of 10 across 22 ratings.