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Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2013
  • 1h
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Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013)
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The discoveries that revolutionized medicine In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the c... Read allThe discoveries that revolutionized medicine In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the course of human history. Unfolding over a period of 200 years, it's an extraordinary tale o... Read allThe discoveries that revolutionized medicine In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the course of human history. Unfolding over a period of 200 years, it's an extraordinary tale of daring, self-experimentation, revelation, genius, and outright luck. In three episodes, ... Read all

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    • Michael Mosley
    • Druin Burch
    • Walter Sneader
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    • Stars
      • Michael Mosley
      • Druin Burch
      • Walter Sneader
    • 1Critic review
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    Michael Mosley
    Michael Mosley
    • Self - Presenter
    • 2013
    Druin Burch
    • Self - Author 'Taking the Medicine'
    • 2013
    Walter Sneader
    • Self - Former Head of the School of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde
    • 2013
    Thomas Frieden
    Thomas Frieden
    • Self - DIrector, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    • 2013
    John Whitaker
    • Self - Wakefield Museum
    • 2013
    Andrea Sella
    • Self - Department of Chemistry, University College London
    • 2013
    Jayne Lawrence
    • Self - Royal Pharmaceutical Society
    • 2013
    John Fenn
    • Self - Yale University
    • 2013
    Stephanie Snow
    • Self - Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester
    • 2013
    Jonathan Simon
    • Self - Historian, University of Leon
    • 2013
    John Swann
    • Self - US Food & Drug Administration
    • 2013
    David Wilkinson
    • Self - Emeritus Consultant Anaesthetist, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London
    • 2013
    Eric Sidebottom
    • Self - Retired Lecturer, University of Oxford
    • 2013
    Alexander Fleming
    • Self
    • 2013
    Adam Mamelak
    • Self - Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles
    • 2013
    Austin Leach
    • Self - Consultant Anaesthetist
    • 2013
    Michael Hayden
    • Self - Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
    • 2013
    Joseph Lombardino
    • Self - Retired Pfizer Chemist
    • 2013
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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2013 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • BBC (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Story of Medicine: Pain, Pus & Poison
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      • 1h(60 min)
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