Horizon · SEASON 34
The Man Who Lost his Body
Episode 14 · 1997-10-16
- Documentary
Episode overview
Looks at Ian Waterman, who at 19 caught a virus that destroyed half of his nervous system and who, in spite of medical assertions that he would never walk, feed or move again, managed by sheer will-power to get back some mobility. Examines the question of how far the brain can over-ride disease or physical problems.
60 minutes
Season 34 episodes
1. Psychedelic Science1997-02-27
2. Fat Cats, Thin Mice1997-03-06
3. Shipwreck1997-03-13
4. Genius of the Jet1997-03-20
5. Smallpox on Death Row1997-03-27
6. Silent Children, New Language1997-04-03
7. Turned On by Danger1997-04-17
8. A Perfect Oil Spill1997-04-24
9. The Great Balloon Race1997-05-01
10. Crater of Death1997-09-11
11. Mind Over Body1997-09-18
12. Out of Asia1997-09-25
13. The Virus that Cures1997-10-09
14. The Man Who Lost his Body1997-10-16
15. Dawn of the Clone Age1997-10-23
