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Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

2013 – 2013 · BBC Four
1 seasons · 3 episodes
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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.

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Michael Mosley tells the story of the creation of our most useful and valuable drugs.

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Michael Mosley
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Status
Ended
Type
Documentary
First aired
Jul 22, 2013
Original language
EN
Country
GB

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