Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines Pus (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Pus (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Infection can take over the entire human body, and up until the early 20th century the only medical defenses against it were more medieval than modern. Harnessing the power of microbes in the battle against infection led to what some ...See moreInfection can take over the entire human body, and up until the early 20th century the only medical defenses against it were more medieval than modern. Harnessing the power of microbes in the battle against infection led to what some consider humanity's greatest achievement the eradication of smallpox. Written by Anonymous See less

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Name	Known for
Michael Mosley Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The Human Face (2001)
Thomas Frieden Self - DIrector, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (as Dr. Thomas R. Frieden) Self - DIrector, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (as Dr. Thomas R. Frieden) See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Druin Burch Self - Author 'Taking the Medicine' (as Dr Druin Burch) Self - Author 'Taking the Medicine' (as Dr Druin Burch) See fewer	Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013)
Walter Sneader Self - Former Head of the School of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde (as Dr Walter Sneader) Self - Former Head of the School of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde (as Dr Walter Sneader) See fewer	Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013)
Jonathan Simon Self - Historian, University of Leon Self - Historian, University of Leon See fewer	Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013)
Eric Sidebottom Self - Retired Lecturer, University of Oxford (as Dr Eric Sidebottom) Self - Retired Lecturer, University of Oxford (as Dr Eric Sidebottom) See fewer	Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013)
Alexander Fleming Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Joseph Lombardino Self - Retired Pfizer Chemist Self - Retired Pfizer Chemist See fewer	Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013)
Donald Henderson Self - Center for Biosecurity, Maryland (as Dr Donald A. Henderson) Self - Center for Biosecurity, Maryland (as Dr Donald A. Henderson) See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)

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