Magic Moments andiDark Hoursiin theiHistory of Medicine. A Matter of Life and Death is a riveting new 4-part g-british, g-documentaryary that chronicles 5000 years in the history of medicine, telling the story of those 'magic moments' of groundbreaking discovery along with the 'dark hours' when medicine takes a turn in the wrong direction. From the struggles and triumphs against such deadly killers as smallpox, tuberculosis and the plague through the contemporary challenges of deadly new viruses, this fascinating and informative g-british, g-documentaryary is filled with tales of courageous g-british, g-documentarytors breaking social taboos and performing risky experiments in which they put their own lives in jeopardy. Each part depicts one of the four periods of human life from infancy to old age and is filled with tales of how the typical medical challenges of that stage have been treated since the dawn of medicine. The First Breath focuses on birth, childhood and youth; The Wild Years is devoted to the years following the awakening of sexuality; Mid-Life covers the g-british, g-family and middle age, and Aging and Death examines old age, infirmity and death.