Medical Explorers

Medical Explorers
Medical Explorers
Genre biography
Presented by William Gibson
Country of origin  Canada
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) Keith Christie
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBC Television
Original run 7 January 1973 – 17 June 1973

Medical Explorers was a Canadian historical television series which aired on CBC Television in 1973.

Contents

Premise

This Vancouver-produced series featured biographical sketches of contributors to the field of medicine. Episodes featured such personalities as Leonardo da Vinci, William Harvey (circulatory system), Joseph Lister and Edward Jenner (smallpox vaccine developers), Florence Nightingale, William Osler, Charles Sheffington (neurology), Frank Wesbrook (ambulance inventor) and Christopher Wren. The series was presented by William Gibson of University of British Columbia and curator of Woodward Medical Library.[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 7 January to 17 June 1973.

References

  1. ^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Medical Explorers". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1105. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

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