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Stopping the Rot
History series exploring over 2,000 years of western medicine. 20: Stopping the Rot:.
The Disease is its Own Preventative
The story of Louis Pasteur's development of the anti-rabies vaccine in 1885.
A Yankee Dodge
Andrew looks back to the origins of pain relief and how chloroform.
Dark Side of Obstetrics
Andrew discusses the work of Ignaz Semmelweis in Vienna.
Science Has No Sex
A series exploring over 2,000 years of western medicine, presented by Andrew Cunningham.
Sisters of Charity
How the nursing profession was transformed thanks to an enterprising Florence Nightingale.
Changing Disease Identity
A side effect of progress in medical thinking is that diseases had identities changed.
A Long and Ghastly Kitchen
Napoleonic France witnessed Dr Magendie's experiments on live animals.
Making Signs
Systematic post mortems revolutionised the study of disease.
Little Reading, Much Seeing and Much Doing
The French Revolution ushered in new ambition and a new scientific clinical approach.
