The Nature of Things

Epidemics (7x7)

: 01, 1966

Not so many years ago, summer's warmth brought the chilling fear of polio and typhus epidemics. These dread diseases have been largely eliminated by modern medicine. But newer "epidemics" not caused by germs or viruses, have replaced them as killers. This program, written by Jack Hutchinson, looks at food poisoning, highway and water accidents from the standpoint of the scientist seeking their "cure".