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Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

2013 1 Seasons 3 Episodes ⭐ 8.0 Documentary

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 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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Pain

Pain has a profound effect on our bodies - when we are experiencing it, millions of nerve cells deep within our brains a

EP 2

Pus

Infection can take over the entire human body, and if our immune systems aren't strong enough we will die - in fact, inf

EP 3

Poison

Dr Michael Mosley ends the series with a look at poisons, exploring the turning points when scientists went from finding

Popular Cast

Michael Mosley

Michael Mosley

Self - Presenter