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AGAINST THE TIDE

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A series of programmes about men and women whose rebellion against the society in which they lived had a dramatic and formative influence.
The Dark Page: the story of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis 18181865 the Hungarian doctor who established the causes and cure of childbed fever in the face of great medical opposition
Written for radio by ALEXANDER McKEE
Research by Ilse McKee with Others takng part:
Michael Deacon. Frank Duncan Kenneth McCIellan. Harold Reese Lockwood West. Peter Williams and Francis de Wolff
Narrator. C. R. HEWITT
Produced by DOROTHY BAKER
Broadcast on January 7

Contributors

Unknown:
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Radio By:
Alexander McKee
Unknown:
Ilse McKee
Unknown:
Michael Deacon.
Unknown:
Frank Duncan
Unknown:
Kenneth McCiellan.
Unknown:
Peter Williams
Narrator:
Francis de Wolff
Narrator:
C. R. Hewitt
Produced By:
Dorothy Baker
Semmelweis:
Anthony Jacobs

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