Mac and Cheese - Charlotte Holmes
In this video Charlotte Holmes, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the line between food and medicine recipes.
Highland Doctor (1943)
This is the story of a health scheme which preceded the National Health Service in Scotland. The film was made in the Outer Hebrides and in the northern Highlands.
Wells & Rituals - Charlotte Holmes
In this video Charlotte Holmes, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, discusses healing wells and the rituals surrounding their use.
Folk Healing - Tom Muir
In this video Tom Muir, the Engagement & Exhibitions Officer at the Orkney Museum, discusses folk healing techniques in Orkney.
Eat it Till You Feel Better - Charlotte Holmes
In this video Charlotte Holmes, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the medicinal uses of cake.
Gemstones - Charlotte Holmes
In this video Charlotte Holmes, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the medicinal uses of gemstones.
Bitter Pill - Charlotte Holmes
In this video Charlotte Holmes, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, discusses some of the more unusual folk remedies, including poisonous plants.
Healing & Witchcraft - Charlotte Holmes
In this video Charlotte Holmes, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the relationship between healing and witchcraft.
Spirits and Healing - Tom Muir
In this video Tom Muir, the Engagement & Exhibitions Officer at the Orkney Museum, discusses folk healing and spirits in Orkney.
Caring for the Poor in the Highlands – Patricia Whatley
In this video Dr Patricia Whatley discusses the changing issues relating to the work of the general practitioner in the second half of the nineteenth century in the remote and isolated regions of the Highlands.