Dec. 23, 2022
Delves into the history of emergency medicine and modern-day emergency medicine practice.
Dec. 10, 2021
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.
March 19, 2021
Explores how the development of an understanding of the principles of public health in wartime during the late nineteenth century helped to protect troops exposed to the challenging conditions of the First World War.
Dec. 11, 2020
Explores the experiences of surgeons and nurses during the 3rd Battle of Ypres in 1917, from casualty clearing stations positioned within 5 miles of the front line.
June 10, 2020
Explores how healthcare professionals in the UK interpreted psychosomatic disorders such as shell shock, battle exhaustion and traumatic neurasthenia, in the context of psychiatric research and the new forms of warfare.
June 10, 2020
Explores the various stages of the Battle of Waterloo (1815), highlighting particular medical issues of the campaign.
June 10, 2020
"Poems on Plagues: Thomas Sprat and the Later History of the Plague of Athens", examines responses to Thucydides’ narrative of the plague of Athens.
June 10, 2020
The Annotated Medical and Physical Observations of Sir John Pringle, by Dr Stephen Craig.