Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

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.

Status: Ended

Genres:
Documentary

First Air Date: 2013-07-22

Origin Country: GB

Networks:
BBC Four

Total Episodes: 3

Number of Seasons: 1

Original Language: en

8

Production Countries:

United Kingdom

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