In Pain, Pus & Poison, Dr. Michael Mosley tells the extraordinary
story of how scientists learnt to use the world around us to heal our
bodies and conquer the common afflictions of pain, pus and poison. He
explores how certain chemicals – once invisible and almost magical in
their effects - were discovered, captured, understood and finally
exploited. In the three-part series, Michael discovers how a crisis in
the French wine industry led to the discovery of what actually causes
disease; how a German scientist obsessed with colour found the world's
first targeted drug and how, if it weren't for a group of Oxford
scientists and American industrialists, penicillin - the most powerful
life-saving drug the world has ever seen - might have remained no more
than a lab curiosity.

Type: Documentary
Languages: English
Status: Ended
Runtime: 60 minutes
Premier: 2013-07-22
Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines - List of films based on actual events - Netflix
This is a list of feature films that are based on actual events. Not all
movies have remained true to the genuine history of the event or the
characters they are portraying, often adding action and drama to
increase the substance and popularity of the movie. True story movies
gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the production
of movies based on actual events that first aired on CBS, ABC, and NBC.
The Movies Based on True Stories Database by Traciy Curry-Reyes was the
first to compile a list of movies based on true stories and was the
first site to coin the term “movies based on true stories” in the 1990s.
This list should only include movies supported by a Wikipedia article.
Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines - 1979 - Netflix
The Amityville Horror (1979) – based on the alleged real-life
experiences of the Lutz family, who buys a new home in Long Island, only
to flee after they experience a series of frightening paranormal events
along with the murders of the DeFeo family by Ronald DeFeo, Jr. Caligula
(1979) – Italian-American erotic historical drama film about the Roman
Emperor Caligula, played by Malcolm McDowell Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
– American prison film, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint
Eastwood, based on true events, dramatizing possibly the only successful
escape attempt from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island Norma
Rae (1979) – based on the true story of Crystal Lee Jordan; Sally Field
plays Norma Rae, who works in a North Carolina textile mill, and becomes
involved in organizing a union Zulu Dawn (1979) – war film about the
1879 Battle of Isandlwana; prequel to Zulu (1964)
Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines - References - Netflix