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Medicine Through Time – The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914-18

In this course, Dr Jessica Meyer (University of Leeds) takes us on a journey through the chain of medical evacuation during World War I. We start by looking at how soldiers were cared for day-to-day in the trenches. We then look at first response...

6 lectures

1:04:06

Dr Jessica Meyer

Leeds University

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Medicine Through Time – Medieval Medicine, c. 500-1500

In this course, Professor Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University) examines the medicine of medieval Europe. We start by looking at what medical knowledge was available during the middle ages. We then look at where this knowledge came from and who had...

5 lectures

0:37:03

Prof. Miri Rubin

QMUL

History

Britain – Healthcare, c.1900-48

In this course, Dr George Gosling (University of Wolverhampton) explores healthcare in Britain prior the establishment of the NHS in 1948. In the first module, we think about when the NHS began, looking at the importance of the Second World War...

5 lectures

0:44:01

Dr George Gosling

Wolverhampton University

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Medicine Through Time – William Harvey and Circulation, 1570-1660

In this course, Professor Andrew Gregory (UCL) explores the life of William Harvey and his discovery of the circulation of the blood. We will look at why Harvey's discovery is so important and why it was such a difficult discovery to make given...

6 lectures

0:42:27

Prof. Andrew Gregory

UCL

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Medicine Through Time – Arabic Medicine, c. 800-1200

In this course, Professor Peter Pormann (University of Manchester) explores how medicine was practiced in the Medieval Arabic world. In the first module, we look at the Baghdad translation movement of the 9th century. We then turn to consider how...

6 lectures

0:44:59

Prof. Peter Pormann

Manchester University

History

Medicine Through Time – Surgery in the 19th Century, 1800-1900

In this course, Dr Sally Frampton (University of Oxford) explores how surgery developed in the 19th-century. In the first three modules, we look at how surgeons in the 19th-century sought to tackle the three issues of pain, bleeding, and...

5 lectures

0:33:08

Dr Sally Frampton

University of Oxford

History

Medicine Through Time – Germ Theory and the Bacteriological Revolution, 1860-1900

In this course, Professor Michael Worboys (University of Manchester) explores the Germ Theory of Disease and the Bacteriological Revolution in the period 1860 to 1900. In the first module, we look at the ideas that existed about the causes and...

6 lectures

1:19:25

Prof. Michael Worboys

Manchester University

History

Medicine Through Time – Public Health in the 20th Century, 1900-2015

In this course, Martin Gorsky (LSHTM) explores the history of public health in the 20th century. We start by looking at what public health was like during the 19th century and before the creation of the NHS. We have a look at general trends across...

6 lectures

0:57:09

Prof. Martin Gorsky

LSHTM

History

Medicine Through Time – The Church and Medieval Medicine, 1066-1500

In this course, Dr Shelia Sweetinburgh (University of Kent) explores the relationship between the Church and medicine in medieval England. We will start by looking at what the Church taught about the body and soul, and how this influenced the...

5 lectures

0:54:28

Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh

Kent University

History

Medicine Through Time – Public Health in the 18th and 19th Centuries, 1700-1900

In this course, Professor Simon Szreter (University of Cambridge) explores public health in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the first module, we take a look at what evidence survives for the historian when assessing public health in this period...

5 lectures

0:45:47

Prof. Simon Szreter

University of Cambridge

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Medicine Through Time – Public Health and the Great Plague of 1665, c. 1450-1700

In this course, Jane Stevens-Crawshaw (Oxford Brookes University) explores the relationship between plague and public health during the renaissance in England. We start by looking at how public health functioned and developed in the renaissance....

5 lectures

0:47:53

Dr Jane Stevens-Crawshaw

Oxford Brookes University

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Medicine Through Time – Galen and Galenism, c. 120-220

In this course, Professor Vivian Nutton (University College London) looks at the life of the ancient doctor Galen of Pergamon. We start by looking at the early career of Galen. We then examine his later career when he served as physician to the...

5 lectures

0:47:34

Prof. Vivian Nutton

UCL

History

Medicine Through Time – The Black Death, c. 1325-1450

In this course, Professor Miri Rubin (Queen Mary, University of London) explores the Black Death. Firstly, we look at what the Black Death was and where it came from. We then have a look at the social and economic effects of such a vast...

4 lectures

0:38:58

Prof. Miri Rubin

QMUL

History

Medicine Through Time - Jenner and the Smallpox Vaccine, 1749-1823

In this course, Dr Robert Gaynes (Emory University) looks at smallpox and Edward Jenner’s development of the smallpox vaccine. In the first module, we focus on the disease smallpox, its origin and its symptomatic progression. In the second module,...

6 lectures

0:31:20

Dr Robert Gaynes

Emory University

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