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The progress of four young medical pioneers in the wild days of Victorian medicine.

Following the progress of four young medical pioneers in the daring and wild days of Victorian medicine.

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Quacks: Series 1

Rory Kinnear

Lydia Leonard

Mathew Baynton

Tom Basden

Alison Lintott

Marcia Warren

Lisa Jackson

Dominique Moore

Kayvan Novak

Ed Gaughan

Will Jennings

Andy De Emmony

Imogen Cooper

James Wood

Robin Peters

Ian Arber

Justin Davies

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Quacks: Series 1: Episode 4: The Indian Mesmerist

The Indian Mesmerist

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Indian Mesmerist

Series 1

BBC Two - Quacks, Series 1, The Indian Mesmerist

William has a bladder stone and needs Robert to perform a lithotrity on him.

Comedy. William has a bladder stone and has the unenviable choice of excruciating pain or taking John's potentially lethal new drug chloroform during surgery.

William has a bladder stone and needs Robert to perform a lithotrity on him - a grim genital operation. William has the unenviable choice of excruciating pain or taking John's potentially lethal new drug chloroform during surgery. In her quest to expand her medical knowledge, Caroline arranges for herself and William to meet Llantha Kapoor, a famous mesmerist. With John tagging along, the three of them meet the charismatic Kapoor at a local curry house for a demonstration of his hypnotic powers.

Meanwhile, Robert is suffering from the shakes and having vivid nightmares of his time in the navy. All William knows is that something unpleasant happened to Robert. In a hammock. Believing in therapy as a form of treatment, William becomes determined that Robert should divulge his story to try to cure his shakes.

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Four young medical pioneers fight to make their mark on the world.

Four young medical pioneers fight to make their mark on the world - beat their rivals - and save lives.

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