What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge

The Day the Universe Changed Season 1 Episode 7

Overview:
Traces modern society’s recognition of the value of statistics to medical advances stemming from responses to the French Revolution and an English cholera epidemic. Identifies the origins of medicine as a science with the discovery of anesthesia, antiseptics, and bacteriology.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : James Burke

Release Date : 1985-04-30

Duration : 45 menit

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