Quacks - Season 1 [hot] File

Gull attempts to prove that cholera is spread by dirty water, not "bad air." To do this, he drinks a glass of water contaminated with… well, let’s just say it involves a sewer grate. The resulting special effects are disgusting and brilliant.

Quacks is a medical period comedy set in Victorian London (circa 1880s), at a time when surgery was butchery, anesthesia was optional, and the “germ theory” was still laughed at by most doctors. The show follows four real-life historical figures from medicine, blended with fictionalized personalities and conflicts, as they fumble, bicker, and occasionally stumble toward modern medical practice. Quacks - Season 1

Quacks - Season 1 is currently available to stream on Netflix. Fans can also purchase individual episodes or the entire season on Amazon Prime Video or Google Play. Gull attempts to prove that cholera is spread

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While there is plenty of physical humor (Rory Kinnear slipping on viscera never gets old), the dialogue is scathing. The show mocks Victorian class structures, sexism, and the ego of the medical establishment. One line from Caroline—"I have read every medical text in Latin and Greek, but I cannot enter a university because my uterus might fall out if I think too hard"—is sharper than Lessing’s scalpel. The show follows four real-life historical figures from

Here is everything you need to know about the first (and currently only) series of this raucous show, from its stellar cast to its razor-sharp satire of Victorian medicine.