Murder, magic and medicine. Part 4, The nature of medicine.

Date:
2001
  • Audio

About this work

Description

The last, in a four part series which looks at the role that animals play in a variety of medical treatments. Amongst the various cases, are animals that seem to have the ability to know how to find their own medicines. Dogs who can s̀niff-out' malignant tissue on their owners skin. Dr John Church, Founder of the Bio-Therapy Society, hopes to train dogs to s̀niff-out' tuberculosis in refugee camps. And Sue Haines, from Support Dogs, Inc., in Ohio, US, introduces a patient suffering from epileptic fits, whose dogs can recognize the early signs of a fit, and warn its owner.

Publication/Creation

London : BBC Radio 4, 2001.

Physical description

1 sound cassette (30 min.)

Copyright note

BBC

Notes

Broadcast 17th April 2001

Creator/production credits

Produced by Jeremy Grange
Dr Michael O'Donnell. Prof. Howell Williams; Dr John Church; Angie Stamanort(?); Sue Haines; Molly Badam; Cindy Engel; Michael Huffman; Robert Root Bernstein.

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Languages

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