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"The Brains" Answer Question About Allergies - 1942

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Channel: sysarchitect · 2010 · Education

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This clip, from an episode of 'The Brains Trust' that was first broadcast in 1942, gives one a sense of the relative scarcity of Allergies at the time. People seem to have hardly heard of such a thing.

" 'The Brains Trust' ran from 1941 to 1961 and was a celebrated discussion programme that at the height of its popularity regularly drew audiences in excess of 10 million. Charles McMoran Wilson, the 'doctor' who featured in this edition had to remain anonymous as members of the medical profession were at this time forbidden to advertise."

Quoted from the BBC Archive website http://is.gd/ckTKe


Presenter:

Donald McCullough

Contributors: 

A B Campbell
Kenneth Clark
Julian Huxley
C E M Joad
Charles McMoran Wilson

Taken from a longer clip available at the BBC Archive website http://is.gd/ckTKe

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