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Presents an insight into the history and practice of health-related social work. From almoner to social worker, the illustrations, which include eight dramatised episodes, a 1945 film clip and an interview,...
In 1906 Dr Tony Soper was summoned to Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, to investigate why typhoid fever had broken out in the house of a rich New York banker. He uncovered a trail of sickness and death left by a...
Includes archive footage of ‘The Royalist’ and contemporary illustrations of naval life (Rowlandson) and a variety of sea shanties giving voice to the daily lives of the sailors.
Studies the complex associations made in the 18th century between the concepts of Woman and Nature, and how these were depicted in art and in sciences. Looks at women in relation to botany, health, charity...
Using contemporary prints and models, and interviews with three experts in the field, the programme deals with the origins of modern anatomy. Assesses the contributions of Leonardo da Vinci and Andreas...
Looks at the work of Horward Florey and Norman Heatley in the development of penicillin. Includes footage shot by Florey himself showing how penicillin was administered for the first time to soldiers in...
Sir Edward Penley Abraham FRS (1913-1999) in conversation with Prof. Robert Thomas of Imperial College on 1 May 1990. Abraham and his colleagues at Oxford developed penicillins during the Second World War...
Sir James Baddiley is the discoverer of teichoic acids, polymers which represent a major component of cells, i.e. of Gram-positive bacteria. He discusses his family life and education, and his research and...
In 1901, Dr M. Forde, a medical officer working in the Gambia, found parasites previously unknown to him in the blood of one of his patients. He consulted Dr Everett Dutton, a parasitologist visiting Gambia...
Part 1 reviews the career of Walter Bartley, particularly his wartime work on scabies, night blindness, vitamin A and vitamin C deficiency, secondary shock, shipwreck survival, and the digestibility of the...
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