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196029 min 28 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Julian Biggs
Production: David Bairstow
Script: Sally Lindsay
Modern miracle drugs cast out demons in ways never dreamed of by the witch doctor or medicine man. This film takes you into a world of pills and potions for an intimate survey of how this modern healing magic is concocted, and an equally remarkable survey of the beneficial effects today's drugs are having in the cure of diseases that not long ago were fatal.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Drugs (Medicinal Use)
- Industry and Commerce > Pharmaceutical industries
Credits
- director
- Julian Biggs
- producer
- David Bairstow
- script
- Sally Lindsay
- photography
- Tom Bird