Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

8.5 Documentary Rated: 2013 0h30m On: Country: United Kingdom

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.