Poison Episodes

In this week’s episode, Daisy, Olivia and Laura hit the Hs: halitosis, hemlock and hysteria.

In this week’s episode, Daisy, Charlotte, and Olivia chat about the As – anaesthesia, autopsies and antidotes.

Explores botany and medicine in Edinburgh since the 16th Century.

In renaissance Europe the great feared poisoning and relied on universal remedies against all poisons. This discusses some contemporary tests of the efficacy of such remedies.

Reveals how a President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh collaborated with a former student in the colony of Queensland to develop the theory and practice of applied immunology.