A Remarkable Doctor | Ken Follett’s Jouney Into the Dark Ages
Author Ken Follett explores the work of a plague doctor in the Santa Maria Nuova hospital in Florence. Contains reconstructions of sickness and death which some viewers may find disturbing.
TweetClip Info
- Clip length: 4'08''
- Broadcast year: 2012
Curriculum Connection
- History | Medicine in Britain, c1000-present | c1000-c1500: Medicine in medieval England | Approaches to prevention and treatment
Access
Licence: ERA Licence required
Usage
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Content
- Provider: Channel 4
- Channel: Channel 4
- Programme: Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
- Episode: Black Death
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