Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
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20131hstar 7.5 / 10EndedBBC Four
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.
