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: Food, Fear And Public Health In Victorian And Edwardian Britain

This talk combines history of science, food and culture and applies

Casenotes: Poems On Plagues

This talk examines responses to Thucydides’ narrative of the plague

Casenotes: The Observations of John Pringle

Sir John Pringle was born in 1707. He studied medicine at the

Casenotes: The History of Forensic Anthropology

Forensic anthropology has a relatively long history in the USA but is a more recent addition in the UK. However,

Casenotes: Introduction

This fortnightly podcast presents stories from the history of