A history of medicine podcast based on lectures and events at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

 

This podcast presents stories from the history of medicine. We examine some of the different ways that doctors have thought about health and illness over the past two thousand years, exploring a range of eye-opening subjects and intriguing events from antiquity. The podcasts are live recordings of events which have taken place in the College. To see the slides please check the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Youtube channel.

The podcast is available to download on Spotify, iTunes, Podbean and Soundcloud.

Casenotes: The Rise and Fall of the Liverpool Care Pathway

This paper is a historical study and analysis of the events

Casenotes: Humane Societies and the International Exchange of Medical Knowledge

Humane societies, charities whose focus was the recovery of nearly-

Casenotes: Essential but Suspect Medical Practitioners in Nuremberg, 1495–1560

In 1495 a new pandemic swept through Europe. Those infected suffered

Casenotes: The Mütter Research Institute

Can old specimens contain new information? Mütter Museum Curator,

Casenotes: Some tests of universal remedies for poison in the 16th century

In renaissance Europe the great feared poisoning - as they had since

Casenotes: Men's Sexual Health In Early Modern England

How did men cope with sexual health issues in early modern England?

Casenotes: From Casualty Room To A&E, History Of A Hospital Space

This talk explores how and why the casualty department was

Casenotes: Edinburgh's Forgotten Contribution To Antivenoms

The 1890s were a critical decade in the novel science of immunology.