The People's Health, c.1250 to present

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Classic View

Medieval Britain, c.1250-c.1500 - Context

Medieval Britain, c.1250-c.1500 - Responses to the Black Death

Medieval Britain, c.1250-c.1500 - Approaches to public health

Early Modern Britain, c.1500-c.1750

Industrial Britain, c.1750-c.1900 - Industrialisation

Industrial Britain, c.1750-c.1900 - Responses to cholera epidemics

Industrial Britain, c.1750-c.1900 - Public health reform

Britain since, c.1900

Medieval Britain, c.1250-c.1500 - Context

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – ARABIC MEDICINE, C. 800-1200

The Greek Heritage

Prof. Peter Pormann, Manchester University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – ARABIC MEDICINE, C. 800-1200

Medical Literature in Arabic

Prof. Peter Pormann, Manchester University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – ARABIC MEDICINE, C. 800-1200

Islamic Hospitals

Prof. Peter Pormann, Manchester University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – ARABIC MEDICINE, C. 800-1200

New Ideas and Improved Treatments

Prof. Peter Pormann, Manchester University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – ARABIC MEDICINE, C. 800-1200

Mind and Body - the Six 'Non-Naturals'

Prof. Peter Pormann, Manchester University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – ARABIC MEDICINE, C. 800-1200

The Legacy of Arabic Medical Works

Prof. Peter Pormann, Manchester University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – GALEN AND GALENISM, C. 120-220

Galen's Early Career, c. 129-68

Prof. Vivian Nutton, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – GALEN AND GALENISM, C. 120-220

Galen's Later Career, c. 168-217

Prof. Vivian Nutton, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – GALEN AND GALENISM, C. 120-220

Galen's Medical Practice

Prof. Vivian Nutton, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – GALEN AND GALENISM, C. 120-220

Galen's Anatomy

Prof. Vivian Nutton, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – GALEN AND GALENISM, C. 120-220

Galen's Legacy

Prof. Vivian Nutton, UCL

Medieval Britain, c.1250-c.1500 - Responses to the Black Death

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, C. 1325-1450

The Spread of the Black Death

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, C. 1325-1450

The Consequences of the Black Death

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, C. 1325-1450

The Black Death and Death

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, C. 1325-1450

The Black Death and Public Health

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

A re-enactment of Blasius of Barcelona curing himself of the Black Death

Dr John Aberth, Independent Scholar

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

Blasius of Barcelona’s Plague Cure in Historical Context

Dr John Aberth, Independent Scholar

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

The Poison Theory of Plague Contagion

Dr John Aberth, Independent Scholar

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

Did Christian and Islamic doctors vary in their response to plague?

Dr John Aberth, Independent Scholar

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

The Plague’s Verdict on Medieval Medicine

Dr John Aberth, Independent Scholar

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

How did doctors deal with the Black Death?

Prof. Simon Doubleday, Hofstra University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

Theories of Plague

Prof. Simon Doubleday, Hofstra University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

What methods were used to prevent and treat the plague?

Prof. Simon Doubleday, Hofstra University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

Public Health

Prof. Simon Doubleday, Hofstra University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

Religious Responses to the Black Death

Prof. Simon Doubleday, Hofstra University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE BLACK DEATH, 1346-52

Muslim and Jewish Responses to the Black Death

Prof. Simon Doubleday, Hofstra University

Medieval Britain, c.1250-c.1500 - Approaches to public health

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE CHURCH AND MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, 1066-1500

The Soul and the Body

Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh, Kent University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE CHURCH AND MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, 1066-1500

Christ the Physician

Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh, Kent University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE CHURCH AND MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, 1066-1500

Prevention and Treatment

Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh, Kent University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE CHURCH AND MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, 1066-1500

The Church and Medical Practitioners

Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh, Kent University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE CHURCH AND MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, 1066-1500

Marginal Areas in Medieval Medicine

Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh, Kent University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, C. 500-1500

The Role of Monasteries

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, C. 500-1500

Medical Knowledge

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, C. 500-1500

The Role of Religion

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, C. 500-1500

Medicine in the Household

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – MEDIEVAL MEDICINE, C. 500-1500

Professionalisation

Prof. Miri Rubin, QMUL

Early Modern Britain, c.1500-c.1750

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE ENGLISH MEDICAL RENAISSANCE, 1400-1800

What was the English Medical Renaissance?

Prof Harold Cook, Brown University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE ENGLISH MEDICAL RENAISSANCE, 1400-1800

How did ordinary people understand health and illness?

Prof Harold Cook, Brown University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE ENGLISH MEDICAL RENAISSANCE, 1400-1800

New Ideas: Tangible Substances of the Human Body and their Motions

Prof Harold Cook, Brown University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE ENGLISH MEDICAL RENAISSANCE, 1400-1800

Medicine and the “New Philosophy”

Prof Harold Cook, Brown University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE ENGLISH MEDICAL RENAISSANCE, 1400-1800

Thomas Sydenham and Disease

Prof Harold Cook, Brown University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – THE ENGLISH MEDICAL RENAISSANCE, 1400-1800

The Growing Focus on Medical Treatments

Prof Harold Cook, Brown University

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – WILLIAM HARVEY AND CIRCULATION, 1570-1660

The Context of Harvey's Discovery

Prof. Andrew Gregory, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – WILLIAM HARVEY AND CIRCULATION, 1570-1660

Harvey's Discovery

Prof. Andrew Gregory, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – WILLIAM HARVEY AND CIRCULATION, 1570-1660

The Importance of Harvey's Discovery

Prof. Andrew Gregory, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – WILLIAM HARVEY AND CIRCULATION, 1570-1660

Harvey's Experiments

Prof. Andrew Gregory, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – WILLIAM HARVEY AND CIRCULATION, 1570-1660

The Reception of Harvey's Discoveries

Prof. Andrew Gregory, UCL

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME – WILLIAM HARVEY AND CIRCULATION, 1570-1660

Conclusion

Prof. Andrew Gregory, UCL

Industrial Britain, c.1750-c.1900 - Industrialisation

BRITAIN – THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1700-1900

Defining the Industrial Revolution

Prof. Emma Griffin, University of East Anglia

BRITAIN – THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1700-1900

Technological Change

Prof. Emma Griffin, University of East Anglia

BRITAIN – THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1700-1900

Orthodox Views of the Social Consequences

Prof. Emma Griffin, University of East Anglia

BRITAIN – THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1700-1900

Revisionist View of the Social Consequences

Prof. Emma Griffin, University of East Anglia

BRITAIN – THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1700-1900

The Social Consequences for Women

Prof. Emma Griffin, University of East Anglia

BRITAIN – THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1700-1900

Environmental Consequences

Prof. Emma Griffin, University of East Anglia