Living Death

Looks at new treatments for patients in a persistent vegetative state. Focuses on the case of Geoffrey Wildsmith who was misdiagnosed as being PVS. He had awoken from his coma but was totally paralysed and unable to communicate. After two years he was transferred and it was found he could communicate by using a buzzer connected to a highly sensitive pressure-switch.

Other episodes for this season

The Butchers of Boxgrove
Episode 1 - The Butchers of Boxgrove
Fermat's Last Theorem
Episode 2 - Fermat's Last Theorem
A Miracle for Cancer ?
Episode 3 - A Miracle for Cancer ?
Nature's Numbers
Episode 4 - Nature's Numbers
The Gene Race
Episode 5 - The Gene Race
Masters of the Ionosphere
Episode 6 - Masters of the Ionosphere
Assault on the Male (revisited)
Episode 7 - Assault on the Male (revi...
Death by Design
Episode 8 - Death by Design
The Planet Hunters
Episode 9 - The Planet Hunters
Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus (Update)
Episode 10 - Inside Chernobyl's Sarcop...
Fallout from Chernobyl
Episode 11 - Fallout from Chernobyl
TV is Dead, Long Live TV
Episode 12 - TV is Dead, Long Live TV
Aliens from Mars
Episode 13 - Aliens from Mars
Living Death
Episode 14 - Living Death
The Time Lords
Episode 15 - The Time Lords
Noah's Flood
Episode 16 - Noah's Flood