100 Greatest Discoveries — Season 1, Episode 4: Medicine
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
Thirteen achievements in medicine: Andreas Vesalius's anatomical charts, William Harvey's breakthrough on blood circulation, Karl Landsteiner's identification of blood groups, the development of anesthesia, Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays, Louis Pasteur's establishment of bacteriology, Frederick Hopkins's recognition of the importance of vitamins, the discovery and isolation of penicillin, the development of sulfa drugs, Edward Jenner's invention of vaccine, and the discoveries of insulin, oncogenes and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
About 100 Greatest Discoveries
Bill Nye walks viewers through various areas of science to show how far they've come through their beginnings until modern times.