Riddles of the dead : diagnosing Darwin.

Date:
2003
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About this work

Description

Re-examines some of the archival and scientific evidence relating to Charles Darwin's mysterious chronic illness, with particular reference to the hypothesis that Darwin contracted Chagas' Disease while visiting what is now Argentina during the voyage of the Beagle.

Publication/Creation

London : Icon Films for National Geographic Channel International, 2003.

Physical description

1 video cassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sound, colour, PAL

Contributors

Notes

Broadcast 3 Aug 2003 22:00-23:00.
Includes several interview clips with Prof. Janet Browne (Wellcome Trust Centre for History of Medicine at U.C.L.) filmed in the Wellcome Library.
Supporting paperwork available in the department.

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  • Copy 1

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    1445V

  • Copy 2

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    Closed stores
    1445bV

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