The Day the Universe Changed

Season 1 Episode 7: What the Doctor Ordered: Impacts of New Medical Knowledge

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

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

10

Cast:

James Burke

Quality:

HD

Duration:

45 min

First Air:

1985

Rating:

8.8