A podcast series exploring the history of medicine and the human body - from head to toe
Do wombs have horns? Will the presence of a menstruating woman force bees to forsake their hives? Will your crops
 Do wombs have horns? Will the presence of a menstruating woman force bees to forsake their hives? Will your crops |
 In this episode we explore the history of the guts. Words and their meanings are a big part of this episode – where |
 In this episode we explore the history of haemorrhoids, including a popular treatment which involved placing toads |
 In this episode we explore the history of the bladder. It’s a urine-heavy episode as we take a deep dive into |
 In this episode we explore hands through the ages – from the evil associated with left handed folk, to the soft |
 In this episode we explore the history of the veins. We’ll unpick the history of bloodletting – from leech farms to |
 In this episode we explore how central the lungs were to Ancient Greek and Roman ideas about medicine and the body. |
 In this episode we explore exercise through the ages, from Ancient Greece to Victorian strong men - and their bar |