Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

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• Michael Mosley on the drugs derived from deadly poisons

  

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• Introduction to Episode 3: Poison—Poison

  Duration: 2:17

• Introduction to Episode 2: Pus—Pus

  Duration: 0:43

• Michael Mosley puts a needle through his hand—Pain

  Duration: 1:34

• Dr David Wilkinson tells the gruesome history of anaesthesia—Pain

  Duration: 7:15
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• On location: Pain—Pain

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• Clips from the series

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• About Michael

  Michael Mosley studied medicine in London and qualified as a doctor but for the last 25 years he’s been working as a documentary maker and an award winning science journalist.
  
  His programmes have won an RTS, an EMMY and he was named 'medical journalist of the year' by the British Medical Association for a ground breaking programme on Helicobacter pylori.
  
  As well as Pain, Pus and Poison, Michael’s recent series include Inside the Human Body, The Story of Science and Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery. He’s also a regular presenter on The One Show and Horizon.