Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Documentary

2013

1 Season

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July 22, 2013 - August 5, 2013Season 1 of Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines has 3 episodes.

Season 1 Episodes

S1 E1: Pain

Jul 22, 20131h

Pain has a profound effect on our bodies - when we are experiencing it, millions of nerve cells deep within our brains are firing, telling us 'it hurts' - and for centuries the challenge has been to find something that will lessen or even switch off these sensations to bring us relief. Dr Michael Mosley discovers just what pain is, why we want to control it and how we ultimately did it when the discovery of morphine, the world's first pharmaceutical, at the beginning of the 19th century led to a 200-year journey of scientific breakthrough, discovery and self-experimentation.

Series info

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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IMDB: 8.6TMDB: 8.0

Original Language

English

Release Date

July 22, 2013

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