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Summary:1. A new disease at this moment is sitting quietly amongst rats on the Baltimore docks. It hasn't swept across the United States yet, and no-one knows why. In 1951, during the Korean War, a related disease afflicted thousands of soldiers, many of whom died... Filmed in Korea, the USA, Hungary, India and Australia, this episode investigate s through various case studies how new diseases arise. We also discover that so me are not disease at all, but suffering made worse by factors as diverse as medical jargon and management style.
Description:A FOUR PART SERIES LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF DISEASE AND ITS IMPACT ON CIVILISATION.