Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Season 1

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.

BBC Four GB

CastMichael Mosley

CountryGB

NetworksBBC Four