Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

20131 seriesEntertainment / Factual
Available on
BBC Four

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

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Episode 1Pain

...for Modern Medicines. Pain. Dr Michael Mosley discovers why we want to control pain and how we are now able to do it. Some upsetting scenes.

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Episode 2Pus

...for Modern Medicines. Pus. Exploring early attempts to tackle infection and how we used microbes to fight back. Some upsetting scenes.

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Episode 3Poison

...for Modern Medicines. Poison. How scientists went from finding antidotes to poisons to applying poisons as cures. Some upsetting scenes.

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