Microbes and Men — Season 1, Episode 3: Men of Little Faith
Drama • 56 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 6.0/10
Episode synopsis
3: Men of Little Faith by JOHN WILES The early 1870s. Although a revolution is under way in the understanding of disease, ignorance and opposition to the new ideas exist at all levels. Can Pasteur or Koch find a practical outcome of their experiments that will convince the sceptics? Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Film editor ROY FRY Producer PETER GOODCHILD Director PETER JONES
About Microbes and Men
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.