Basic Info
First Air: July 22, 2013
Rating: ⭐ 8.0/10 (1 votes)
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Last Episode
Name: Poison
Season: 1, Episode: 3
Air Date: 2013-08-05
Runtime: 60 min
Dr Michael Mosley ends the series with a look at poisons, exploring the turning points when scientists went from finding antidotes to poisons to applying poisons as a cure - celebrating the eccentrics and mavericks whose breakthroughs were to pave the way for some of the most striking treatments of modern medicine. Of the medicines explored in this series, those that are derived from poisons are perhaps the most extraordinary. The story of turning poisons into medicines encompasses the planet's most deadly substances, in which we turned killers into cures.
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
2013
1 seasons
3 episodes
⭐ 8.0/10
1 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Michael Mosley
Self - Presenter
Crew
Tina Fletcher-Hill
Executive Producer
Steve Crabtree
Producer
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