Microbes and Men - 2-DVD Set ( Microbes & Men )

Microbes and Men - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Microbes & Men
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
330 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Peter Jones
Simon Langton

Written By:
John Glenister
Denis Postle

Actors:
Frank Gillard ..... Narrator / ... (6 episodes, 1974)
Arthur Lowe ..... Louis Pasteur
Antonia Pemberton ..... Marie Pasteur
James Grout ..... Robert Koch
Frank Gatliff ..... Virchow
Patricia Heneghan ..... Emily Koch / ... (3 episodes, 1974)

Synopsis:

Dramatised stories of the founders of modern medicine. Until the 1840s, medicine had remained basically unchanged since the days of the ancient Greece. In the 60 years following it was transformed into a modern science.

1: Ignacz Semmelweis and the search for the cause of pueperal fever.
2: Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch separetely establish the link between bacteria and disease.
3: Pasteur's discovery of vaccines, his rivalry with Koch and the hunt for the cholera germ.
4: The first successful use of a vaccine against rabies.
5: Under pressure, Koch announces that he has found a cure for tuberculosis before he has made proper trials.
6: Paul Ehrlich and salvarsan, the first of the miracle drugs.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 April, 2016.