Animals and lab tests can only take you so far - in the end you have to experiment on people. But who would want to go first? Award-winning journalist and former doctor Michael Mosley exposes the curious, gruesome and sometimes fatal ways in which scientists have transformed medical knowledge by using themselves as guinea pigs.
Show Info
Schedule: Saturdays at 20:30
(60 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Documentary
Genres:
Medical
Episodes ordered: 4 episodes
Official site: www.bbc.co.uk
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Previous Episode
Beating Infection
Episode 1x04; Apr 21, 2007
Michael Mosley looks at how doctors came to understand infectious diseases by deliberately infecting themselves with conditions such syphilis and yellow fever.
Previous Episodes
| Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
|---|---|---|
| 1x04: Beating Infection | Apr 21, 2007 | |
| 1x03: Diet and Disease | Apr 14, 2007 | |
| 1x02: Discovering Vaccines | Apr 7, 2007 |
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