The dangers of chloroform | Medical Mavericks
Dr Michael Mosley discusses the early deaths that exposed the dangers of chloroform.
TweetClip Info
- Clip length: 2'50''
- Broadcast year: 2007
Curriculum Connection
- History | Medicine in Britain, c1000-present | c1700-c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain | Approaches to prevention and treatment
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Licence: ERA Licence required
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Content
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: Medical Mavericks
- Series: 1
- Episode: Anaesthesia
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