Episodes

Explores and explains the changing place of the public within public health in post-war Britain.

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

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.

John Crichton considers the origins of Scotland’s ‘insanity’ law and what ancient themes are still relevant today.

Dr Mark Strachan discusses the latest, cutting-edge research currently being undertaken in Edinburgh.

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.

Sarah Wise examines a number of disputed lunacy cases, ranging from the 1820s to the 1890s - including the unsavoury incident that Sir Alexander Morison himself became embroiled in.

Dr Burney uses the notorious case of the serial murderer John Christie (1953) to explore the contours of English homicide investigation at mid-century and detail the broader ‘forensic culture’ within which the case unfolded.

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.

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.

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

Considers continuity and change in the attitudes and advice given by doctors between 1500 and 1700 regarding the plague.

Tracey Jolliffe discusses the science of syphilis in the 21st century.

Professor Vivian Nutton discusses Vesalius’ activities as reviser and corrector over his career as a Galenic anatomist.

Lisa Smith discusses the tumultuous relationships of the Newdigates and attempts to piece together a shadowy family scandal from the perspectives of father, daughter and son.

Janet Philp explores the history around the tale of Edinburgh’s infamous body-snatchers Burke and Hare, and Dr. Knox, the recipient of their shady undertakings.

Reviews the history of prosthetics in Edinburgh and emerging technologies that are shaping the field.

Professor John Henderson argues that it is time to re-examine and reassess early modern Italian policies dealing with plague.

Considers the changing public perception of drugs such as cannabis and the factors which have influenced its longevity, including immigration, diplomacy, medical science, and politics.

Prof. Chris Philo explores the ‘madness’ of both human and animals.

Anna Dhody talks about the ways scientists are looking to the past to improve our future.

Dr Kristin Hussey discusses William Harvey, one of Britain’s foremost anatomists and discoverer of the circulation of blood.

Dr Gavin Hardy discusses the history of plants in medicine during the time of the Ancient Greeks and Romans.

Katie Birkwood explores John Dee’s life story, thoughts and personality, which survive in the personally annotated collection of his books, now residing at the library of the Royal College of Physicians, London.