Disability Episodes

This week, we’re talking about the Air Loom. This fascinating image is the first example of asylum patient art ever reproduced in print and we uncover the story of its creator - James Tilly Matthews.

In this week’s episode, Daisy, Charlotte and Olivia chat about the Ds – dancing plague, digitalis and disability.

Dr Emily Cock uses colonial administrative paperwork to illuminate experiences of individual prisoners with variable health and permanent disabilities.

Join us as we explore the history of medicine, from head to toe! This time: breasts.