A thirteen-part British series, written and hosted by director and medical doctor, Jonathan Miller, about the wonders of the human body. Dr. Miller gives an original overview of medical knowledge from the beginning of the Renaissance to the present.
"Naming of Parts" (Part One) is an explanation of how the various organs of the body work; "Try a Little Tenderness" (Part Two) describes how a doctor makes a final diagnosis; "How Do You Feel?" (Part Three) is an analysis of pain as an indicator of something wrong within the body; "Breathless" (Part Four) demonstrates that the understanding of breathing forms the basis of much modern diagnosis; "Blood Relations" (Part Five) examines philosophical and scientific views of blood; "Heart of the Matter" (Part Six) discusses the history of thinking on how the heart works; "Shaping the Future" (Part Seven) reviews what happens at the moment of conception and how a fertilized egg is transformed into a full-grown adult; "Sleight of Hand" (Part Eight) explores the various techniques of healing; "Native Medicine" (Part Nine) contrasts modern medicine with primitive medicine; "Balancing Act" (Part Ten) describes the body's disintegration and its set of preventive, reactive, and repair mechanisms;

"Brute Machine" (Part Eleven) probes the relationship between the mind and the body; "Heads and Tails" (Part Twelve) describes the lower nervous system or the spinal cord; "Perishable Goods" (Part Thirteen) examines life expectancy and the importance of pathology in medicine.

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