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Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
2013·1 Season·3 Episodes·★ 7.5
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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Best suited to viewers who want a longer-form story built around real people, events, or ideas.
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Compact commitment · 3 episodes
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Season 1
3 episodes
2013
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