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Microbes and Men
Sep 18, 1974 56 min avg S1 E5
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Dramatised stories of the founders of modern medicine. Until the 1840s, medicine had remained basically unchanged since the days of the ancient Greece. In the 60 years following it was transformed into a modern science.
Episode 5The Tuberculin Affair
5: The Tuberculin Affair by MARTIN WORTH 1890 was the year Germany was to play host to the world's most eminent doctors at an International Congress. For eight years Koch had been working slowly towards a cure for tuberculosis. Now the pressure was on him to produce results that would surpass the French success with rabies. Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Producer PETER GOODCHILD Director SIMON LANGTON
