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Medical Detectives

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Four true stories of pioneering investigations in the field of pathology. Dramatised by Michael Butt from The Ghost Disease and Other Stories by Michael Howell and Peter Ford.
3: The Epping Jaundice
It's strange enough that a quiet Essex suburb should develop its own unique epidemic, but local Medical Officer of Health Dr Ash is more baffled by the fact that all the victims are middle class.
A Fiction Factory production

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Michael Butt
Stories By:
Michael Howell
Stories By:
Peter Ford.
Drlsadore Ash:
Bernard Hepton
Dr Harry Kopelman:
Roger Allam
Dr Caroline Hallet:
Julia Watson
Mrs Rusbridger:
Carole Boyd
Lady with yellow dog:
Mary Wimbush
Mr Cross:
John Rapley
Source: Radio Times

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