Medicine Through Time
13 courses, 70 lectures10:42:50
History
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...
5 lectures
0:47:34
Prof. Vivian Nutton
University College London
History
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...
5 lectures
0:37:03
Prof. Miri Rubin
QMUL
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...
5 lectures
0:54:28
Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh
Kent University
History
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...
6 lectures
0:44:59
Prof. Peter Pormann
Manchester University
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...
4 lectures
0:38:58
Prof. Miri Rubin
QMUL
History
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...
6 lectures
0:42:27
Prof. Andrew Gregory
University College London
History
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...
5 lectures
0:47:53
Dr Jane Stevens-Crawshaw
Oxford Brookes 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,...
5 lectures
0:33:08
Dr Sally Frampton
Oxford University
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...
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...
6 lectures
0:57:09
Prof. Martin Gorsky
LSHTM
History
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...
6 lectures
1:04:06
Dr Jessica Meyer
Leeds University
History
Medicine Through Time – Antibiotics, 1920-2000
In this course, Dr Robert Bud (Science Museum, London) examines the history of antibiotics. We take a look at what medicine and medicines were like before the discovery of antibiotics. We then look at the discovery of...
6 lectures
0:52:21
Dr Robert Bud
The Science Museum, London
History
Medicine Through Time – Smoking and Lung Cancer, 1945-2015
In this course, Professor Virginia Berridge (LSHTM) examines the history of the connection between smoking and lung cancer. We start by looking at when the connection was discovered and how this linked to the sweeping changes...
5 lectures
0:43:19
Prof. Virginia Berridge
LSHTM