Pain, pus and poison : the search for modern medicines (pain) [DVD]
Publication details: BBC, 2014Subject(s): Summary: 60 minutesSummary: Broadcast 29 January 2014 : BBC4Summary: Pain has a profound effect on our bodies - when we are experiencing it, millions of nerve cells deep within our brains are firing, telling us it hurts - and for centuries the challenge has been to find something that will lessen or even switch off these sensations to bring us relief. Dr Michael Mosley discovers just what pain is, why we want to control it and how we ultimately did it when the discovery of morphine, the worlds first pharmaceutical, at the beginning of the 19th century led to a 200-year journey of scientific breakthrough, discovery and self-experimentation.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book 7 day loan | David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) Librarians Office | DVD 0098 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0000003404 |
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60 minutes
Broadcast 29 January 2014 : BBC4
Pain has a profound effect on our bodies - when we are experiencing it, millions of nerve cells deep within our brains are firing, telling us it hurts - and for centuries the challenge has been to find something that will lessen or even switch off these sensations to bring us relief. Dr Michael Mosley discovers just what pain is, why we want to control it and how we ultimately did it when the discovery of morphine, the worlds first pharmaceutical, at the beginning of the 19th century led to a 200-year journey of scientific breakthrough, discovery and self-experimentation.
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