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Conquering Pain | The Frolic | S5-E1

For decades, Americans resigned themselves to gritting their teeth through the agony of surgery. And then along came an eminent surgeon, a charming swindler and his hapless mark and changed everything.

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Virtual Reality I The Sword of Damocles | S7-E1

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