Eureka! A short story of great medical discoveries (21x1')
EUREKA! A SHORT STORY OF GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERIES (21x1')
INFORMATION
FR / 2015 / 21x1’ / HD / French, English
Les Productions du Moment / Directed by Dimitri Kourtchine and Riad Terrien / Sketches by Serge Bloch
Worldwide rights available
TAGS
Science, research, accident, tools, history
SYNOPSIS
Each episode recounts the saga of a major medical discovery. From the first steps to today. And all in drawings that last under a minute!
1. William Halsted and surgical gloves
2. René Laennec and stethoscope
3. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and the discovery of germs
4. Otto Wichterle and contact lenses
5. Ignace Semmelweis and handwashing
6. Wynne, Blum and Srinivasan’s laser surgery
7. The DNA by Francis Crick and Jim Watson
8. Radiation Therapy by Pierre and Marie Curie
9. Wilson Greatbatch and Pacemaker
10. Basil Hirschowitz and Larry Curtiss’ endoscope camera
11. Wilhelm Röntgen and X-rays
12. Robert Koch and the tubercle bacillus
13. Karl Lansteiner and blood types
14. Crawford Long and anaesthesia
15. Paul Lauterbur and MRI scan
16. Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren and gastric ulcers
17. Edward Jenner and the first vaccine
18. Frederick Grant Banting and insulin
19. John Mahoney and syphilis
20. Alexandre Yersin and plague
21. Alexander Fleming and penicillin