Release Date: November 7, 1996
Medical Detectives
SD
1996
Published on, 1 year ago
Medical Detectives
Legionnaires' Disease 1 Season 7 Episode
23 min
1996
Published on, 1 year ago
Legionnaires' disease is one of the most famous medical detective stories, especially irritating for its missteps and frustrations. When 180 Legionnaires contract pneumonia-like symptoms after a Philadelphia Convention and 29 of them die, doctors and scientists are mystified. The determination of one scientist helps to determine the cause and likely vector of this deadly disease.
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