A Matter of Life and Death: Magic Moments and Dark Hours in Medicine

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  • : 2004
  • : 4
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The First Breath
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22, 2004
Includes the following topics: Pregnancies with complications Saving the premature infant The scourge of smallpox The breakthroughs of Louis Pasteur The fight against tuberculosis X-Rays and seeing into the human body
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The Wild Years
Episode overview
23, 2004
Includes the following topics: The birth control pill revolution Syphillis - Cupid's poison arrow The rise of AIDS Searching for the human seed Battlefield medicine from bone saws and wound clamps Ether, chloroform and laughing gas
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Mid-Life
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24, 2004
Includes the following topics: The inner workings of the heart The deadly clotting of blood Artificial kidneys and dialysis The battle against diabetes Unraveling the stomach .. show full overview
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Aging and Death
Episode overview
25, 2004
Includes the following topics: Life saving heart transplants 200 years of cancer research Radiation and chemotherapy Fight against blindness Mapping the brain Alzheimer's - The disease of the 21st century DNA and gene mapping