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Before anesthesia, surgery wasn’t just dangerous — it was a waking nightmare. In this immersive historical journey, we take you inside the dim, blood-soaked world of 19th-century surgery, where pain was the procedure and speed meant survival. From grim operating theaters to infection-ridden recovery wards, this episode explores the brutal reality of being cut open when mercy hadn’t been invented yet.

Told in a slow, calm voice with dark humor and haunting detail, this is a bedtime story you won’t forget — even if you wish you could.