Why do we get fevers when we're sick? How do paracetamol and ibuprofen work? How did doctors in the early 20th century "fight fire with fire" using fever as a treatment?

Let's learn about the cool (and hot) ways the body controls it's internal environment - and what happens when it goes pear-shaped! 

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