M0020108: Still from <i>They made history: the conquest of pain</i>, 1959

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A still from the BBC drama <i>They made history: The conquest of pain</i>, which recreated the first operation under anaesthetic in Europe, the amputation of a leg by Robert Liston. The film was written and produced by Bill Duncalf, and drew on advice from Edwin Clarke and Frderick Poynter of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Related images: M0020104, M0020105, M0020106, M0020107

M0020108: Still from They made history: the conquest of pain, 1959

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