Whirl flicks on Instagram: "​🎬 ​This scene shows the brutal reality of medicine in the old West. After a mining accident causes a brain bleed, a worker needs emergency surgery. But there's a problem: there is NO anesthesia. ​The doctor has to perform "trepanation" (drilling into the skull) while the patient is fully conscious, using only wooden blocks to hold his head still. The pain is unimaginable, but his will to survive for his wife keeps him alive. ​📈 Ratings: IMDb – 8.3/10 Rotten Tomatoe

List: The tragic stories of Australia’s worst mining disasters