Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines PainOn location: Pain

Dr Michael Mosley discovers why we want to control pain and how we ultimately did it.

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Raw opium

Michael with a block of raw opium (‘TM’ means it was exported under the Turkish Monopoly).

Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines—Pain
1/3Dr Michael Mosley discovers why we want to control pain and how we are now able to do it.
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