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: Forensic Psychiatry From Plato to the Modern ‘Insanity’ Defence

In Scotland’s enlightenment a bride stabs her husband on their

Casenotes: Current Approaches to Diabetes Treatment

During the last 100 years, the treatment of diabetes mellitus in

Casenotes: The Theatre of Anatomy

Between the French Revolution and WWI, Europe and America witnessed a

Casenotes: Gaslight Stories - Women In White, Eccentric Heirs, Inconvenient People

The 1800s saw a series of scandals concerning individuals being

Casenotes: The House Of Murder: The Emergence Of The Forensic Team

Dr Burney uses the notorious case of the serial murderer John

Casenotes: Gendering Artificial Anatomies: Practices and Materials

Since the early modern period, artists and anatomists have worked

Casenotes: The Changing Management of Abdominal Wounds During the Great War

In 1914, abdominal wounds were managed expectantly, without surgical

Casenotes: Syphilitic Noses In Eighteenth Century British Literature And Art

“For by the word Nose, throughout all this long chapter of noses, and