Killer Bugs looks at the discovery of germs and bacteria and the lengthy war against them. We look at the experiments and the importance of clean surgery and sterilization in a quest for prevention. Key discoveries and breakthroughs are all featured, and the people behind those discoveries include Lister, Pasteur, Koch and Flemming, between them they will have saved many lives. Grisly History of Medicine is a series that looks at the fascinating and more often than not gruesome stories of illness and their treatments throughout history