Art & Literature Episodes

Oct. 25, 2024

Ep.15 - Ambrose Parry

Dr Marisa Haetzman discusses her bestselling writing as one half of the creative duo known as Ambrose Parry.
Sept. 15, 2023

Ep.13 - Head To Toe - Lungs

Join us as we explore the history of medicine, from head to toe! This time: the lungs.
March 3, 2023

Ep.19 - Past & Present - Dermatology

Delves into the history of dermatology and modern-day dermatology practice.
March 18, 2022

Ep.79 - Maureen Park - Patient art at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Dr Maureen Park uses the archive of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital to examine the reasons why, and the extent to which, drawing was promoted as a ‘therapeutic’ activity in the hospital.
Dec. 10, 2021

Ep.72 - Sam Alberti - Watercolour, woodcut and wax - Medical illustration around 1900

Anatomy and surgery have strong extra-textual elements. The development and transmission of these crafts rely heavily on visual communication in a range of media, whether by practitioners or (other) illustrators.
Nov. 26, 2021

Ep.71 - Lauren Barnett - Alienation and Beauty in Medical Photography

Explores the role of alienation and beauty in medical photography, and the evocative questions each raised for doctors.
Nov. 12, 2021

Ep.70 - Ambrose Parry - The Art Of Dying And The History Of Chloroform

Authors Ambrose Parry (Dr Marisa Haetzman & Chris Brookmyre) discuss their new historical novel of medicine & murder, The Art of Dying.
April 2, 2021

Ep.54 - Keren Hammerschlag - William Orpen: looking at bodies in medicine and art

William Orpen: Looking at Bodies in Medicine and Art, by Dr Keren Hammerschlag.
Feb. 5, 2021

Ep.50 - Richard Barnett - The Theatre of Anatomy

Drawing on the images collected in his award-winning book, Richard Barnett explores a corpus of art that is beautiful and morbid, singular and sublime.
Dec. 25, 2020

Ep.47 - Anna Maerker - Gendering Artificial Anatomies: Practices and Materials

Explores two aspects of gendering in the production and deployment of, not only the Auzoux papier-mâché anatomical models, but other contemporaneous artificial anatomies also.
Nov. 27, 2020

Ep.45 - Noelle Gallagher - Syphilitic Noses In Eighteenth Century British Literature And Art

Dr Noelle Gallagher explores the weird and wonderful cultural life of deformed noses in eighteenth-century British literature and art.
July 24, 2020

Ep.36 - Chris Philo - The Wild and Tranquil Geographies of Animals and Madness

Prof. Chris Philo explores the ‘madness’ of both human and animals.
June 10, 2020

Ep.24 - David Purdie - What Killed Burns And What Did Not?

"What Killed Burns and What Did Not?" by Professor Emeritus David Purdie.
June 10, 2020

Ep.20 - Alan Emery - Doctor-Patient Relationship in Art (From Ancient Greece to the Present Day)

Doctor-Patient Relationship in Art (From Ancient Greece to the Present Day) by Prof Alan Emery.
June 10, 2020

Ep.17 - Catherine Jones - Benjamin Rush, the Yellow Fever, and the Rise of Physician Autobiography

Dr Catherine Jones examines the links between Benjamin Rush’s autobiography ‘Travels through Life’ and his protracted feud with William Cobbett.