Military Public Health from the Crimea to World War One

Speaker: Dr Beverly Bergman (University of Glasgow)

The military success of a fighting force depends in large

Humane Societies and the International Exchange of Medical Knowledge in the Late-Eighteenth Century

Speaker: Dr Ciarán McCabe (University College Dublin and Maynooth University)

Humane societies, charities

Burke, Now and Then

Speaker: Janet Philp (University of Edinburgh)

Think you’ve heard all there is to know about Burke and Hare,

Substance Abuse: Past and Present

Secrets in the Blood: William Harvey, Royal College of Physicians of London and the Discovery of Circulation

Speaker: Kristin Hussey (Curator, Royal College of Physicians of London)

Born into a middle-class family in

Alienation and Beauty in Medical Photography

Speaker: Dr Lauren Barnett (Birkbeck, University of London)

When the first medical photographs were taken in

Representing the womb in three dimensions: from ancient Greek votives to the “knit your own uterus” movement

Speaker: Professor Helen King (Open University)

Modern medical imaging represents the cutting-edge of

The Uses of Plants in Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome

Speaker: Dr Gavin Hardy (University of Edinburgh)

Plants have always played a prominent role in the field of