Pus | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
Dr Michael Mosley explores our earliest attempts to tackle infection and how scientists, chemists and doctors from Louis Pasteur to Howard Florey helped us win the battle.
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- Clip length: 58'56''
- Broadcast year: 2013
Curriculum Connection
- Biology | Medicine and Surgery
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UK only
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- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
- Episode: Pus
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