0: Goes Back in Time | Operation Ouch!

Duration: 28'31''

Synopsis

Dr Chris and Dr Xand turn back the clock and look at what medicine was like in the First World War. They meet a Paralympian runner who swaps her awesome blade for a World War I leather leg, and they look at the little critters that infested the trenches.

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