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In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.
Andrew traces the impact of the great polio epidemics and the ethical dilemmas they posed.
The National Health Service was set up in 1948 to provide free healthcare for everyone.
The first antibiotic, penicillin, appeared to be a miracle medicine.
How medics discovered that the absence of a vitamin could be the cause of a disease.
The influence of Florence Nightingale and the sanitarians.
What role did European medicine play in spreading European culture across the Empire?
Needing to consult laboratory workers was seen as a threat to physicians' authority.
When bubonic plague broke out in Hong Kong in 1894, European rivalry continued.
How a country doctor from Prussia traced the life cycle of an anthrax bacteria cell.
History series exploring over 2,000 years of western medicine. 20: Stopping the Rot:.
The story of Louis Pasteur's development of the anti-rabies vaccine in 1885.
Andrew looks back to the origins of pain relief and how chloroform.
Andrew discusses the work of Ignaz Semmelweis in Vienna.
A series exploring over 2,000 years of western medicine, presented by Andrew Cunningham.
How the nursing profession was transformed thanks to an enterprising Florence Nightingale.
A side effect of progress in medical thinking is that diseases had identities changed.
Napoleonic witnessed Dr Magendie's experiments on live animals.
Systematic post mortems revolutionised the study of disease.
The French Revolution ushered in new ambition and a new scientific clinical approach.
How did this period come to be known as 'the perfection of anatomy'?
The clash between old guard physicians and a new breed of general practitioners.
Smallpox was taking between 10-15 per cent of all lives in Europe.
In the 17th Century, fevers were the main concern of physicians.
It wasn't until 1660 that anyone thought of putting blood back into patients.
In the 16th century, surgery had been perfected to allow artificial noses, ears and lips.
The 16th century witnessed the birth of a new kind of natural philosophy and medicine.
A mysterious new disease broke out among the French army in 1492.
The hospital is one of the main innovations made in Christian Medieval times.
Origins of religious and western-learned medicine can be traced to Hippocrates and Galen.
