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Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern MedicinesEpisodes

    PoisonSeries 1

    3/3How scientists went from finding antidotes to poisons to applying poisons as cures.

    PusSeries 1

    2/3Exploring early attempts to tackle infection and how we used microbes to fight back.

    PainSeries 1

    1/3Dr Michael Mosley discovers why we want to control pain and how we are now able to do it.