Episodes
Ep.16 - Past & Present - Haematology
Jan. 20, 2023
Delves into the history of haematology and modern-day haematology practice.
Ep.15 - Past & Present - Neurology
Jan. 6, 2023
Delves into the history of neurology and modern-day neurology practice.
Ep.14 - Past & Present - Emergency Medicine
Dec. 23, 2022
Delves into the history of emergency medicine and modern-day emergency medicine practice.
Ep.13 - Past & Present - Pharmacy
Dec. 9, 2022
Delves into the history of pharmacology and therapeutics and modern-day pharmaceutical medicine practice.
Ep.12 - Past & Present - Respiratory
Nov. 25, 2022
Delves into the history of respiratory medicine and modern-day respiratory medicine practice.
Ep.11 - Past & Present - Infectious Diseases
Nov. 11, 2022
Delves into the history of infectious diseases and modern-day infectious disease practice.
Ep.10 - Past & Present - Oncology
Oct. 28, 2022
Delves into the history of oncology and modern-day oncology practice.
Ep.9 - Past & Present - Gastroenterology
Oct. 14, 2022
Delves into the history of gastroenterology and modern-day gastroenterology practice.
Ep.8 - Past & Present - Psychiatry
Sept. 30, 2022
Delves into the history of psychiatry and modern-day psychiatry practice.
Ep.7 - Past & Present - Public Health
Sept. 16, 2022
Delves into the history of public health and modern-day public health practice.
Ep.6 - Past & Present - Renal
Sept. 2, 2022
Delves into the history of renal medicine and modern-day renal medicine practice.
Ep.5 - Past & Present - Genito - Urinary
Aug. 19, 2022
Delves into the history of genito-urinary medicine (GUM) and modern-day GUM practice.
Ep.4 - Past & Present - Geriatrics
Aug. 5, 2022
Delves into the history of geriatric medicine and modern-day geriatric medicine practice.
Ep.3 - Past & Present - Rheumatology
July 22, 2022
Delves into the history of rheumatology and modern-day rheumatology practice.
Ep.2 - Past & Present - Palliative Care
July 8, 2022
Delves into the history of palliative care and modern-day palliative care practice.
Ep.1 - Past & Present - Diabetes
June 24, 2022
Delves into the history of diabetes care and modern-day diabetes research and management.
Ep.85 - Michael Cholbi - Grief And The Pandemic
June 10, 2022
Prof Michael Cholbi explores the medical and emotional understanding of grief in times of global pandemic.
Ep.84 - Ally Zlatar - The Starving Artist
May 27, 2022
Ally Zlatar uncovers the history of medical recipes and the historical relationship between food and medicine.
Ep.83 - Charlotte Holmes - Early Modern Scottish Recipe Books
May 13, 2022
Charlotte Holmes uncovers the history of medical recipes and the historical relationship between food and medicine.
Ep.82 - Iain Milne - Physicians, Plants And Poisons
April 29, 2022
Explores botany and medicine in Edinburgh since the 16th Century.
Ep.81 - Thomas Dixon - Thomas Brown - Inventor Of The Emotions
April 15, 2022
Dr Thomas Brown - considered to have been the “inventor of the emotions”.
Ep.80 - Natasha McEnroe - Collecting COVID For The Future
April 1, 2022
Natasha McEnroe explores how both presences and absences in the museum record can shed light on the challenges and dynamics of collecting around pandemic and infectious diseases.
Ep.79 - Maureen Park - Patient art at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital
March 18, 2022
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.
Ep.78 - Iain Milne - The History Of Clinical Trials And James Lind
March 4, 2022
Iain Milne discusses some key figures from the history of medicine and clinical trials, including James Lind.