Michael Mosley
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Synopsis
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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1. PainNow viewing2013-07-221hPain 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.
2. Pus2013-07-291hInfection can take over the entire human body, and if our immune systems aren't strong enough we will die - in fact, infectious disease has regularly wiped out millions of people across the planet. Dr Michael Mosley explores our earliest attempts to tackle infection and reveals the moment we began to harness the power of microbes to fight back. This is the story of how scientists, chemists and doctors helped us win the battle, from Louis Pasteur to Howard Florey, and how a small team of dedicated men and women wiped out one of mankind's deadliest diseases - smallpox.
3. Poison2013-08-051hDr 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.
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How many seasons does Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines have?
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines has 1 season and 3 episodes.
When did Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines first air?
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines first aired in 2013.
Is Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines still running?
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines's status on TMDB is: Ended.
What genre is Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines?
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines is classified as Documentary.