A podcast series exploring the history of medicine and the human body - from head to toe
This is the last episode in our Head to Toe series finishing, of course, with the feet! We set off on the right foot
 This is the last episode in our Head to Toe series finishing, of course, with the feet! We set off on the right foot |
 In this episode we explore the history of the throat – including lump in your throat, frog in your throat and, if |
 In this episode we’re scooping fish liver oil out of a bucket of offal in the name of health. We’re also exploring |
 In this episode we’ll explore perhaps the most confusing organ – the spleen. It’s a body part, a disease and a state |
 In this episode we explore the history of the brain. Brains in jars, brains in slices, brains under the microscope |
 In this episode we explore the history of the leg. There’s a lot of fashion in this episode, from the use of flannel |
 To sweat or not to sweat? Was sweating good or bad? Was it a treatment or a symptom? Was it something to be |
 In this episode we explore the history of the heart and heart-based symbolism – including the origins of the |