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Discover science and medicine in the German Empire through the eyes of aspiring doctor Ida Lenze. Highlighting the work of Robert Koch, Emil Behring, Paul Ehrlich and Rudolf Virchow. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.
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  1. S1 E1 - Compassion
    April 18, 2018
    50min
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    Ida Lenze drags herself to the Berlin Charite with acute appendicitis, where young staff doctor Emil Behring saves her life--yet he still can’t catch the eye of Robert Koch. Meanwhile, Crown Prince Friedrich may have cancer of the larynx.
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  2. S1 E2 - Weather for a Kaiser
    March 21, 2017
    51min
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    Ida suffers under the strict thumb of Deaconess Matron Martha but catches the eye of several suitors. The Reich suffers upheaval with the death of Friedrich, and Behring finds favor with the clinic’s director.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Light of the World
    March 28, 2017
    50min
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    Ida struggles with her feelings for Georg Tischendorf and Dr. Behring as thousands of physicians from around the world arrive in Berlin for the World Medical Convention to hear Koch speak.
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  4. S1 E4 - Miracle Cure
    April 4, 2017
    51min
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    Treating contagious cases carries its dangers: Nurse Therese comes down with TB. On Ida's urgent encouragement, Koch dares to take the next step with his tuberculine.
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  5. S1 E5 - Twilight of the Gods
    April 11, 2017
    50min
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    News of Koch's miracle drug travels the world. Berlin is overrun by consumption patients and doctors, but the tuberculine fails to heal more and more patients. Meanwhile, Behring's remedy does heal a diphtheria patient.
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  6. S1 E6 - Turning Point
    April 18, 2017
    51min
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    Koch becomes an outcast, and his failure also unjustly discredits Ehrlich and Behring's work. But when Virchow gives a public endorsement of Behring's remedy it throws Behring into a manic euphoria, inconsiderate of everyone around him.
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