Episodes

June 10, 2020

Ep.9 - Pamela Gilbert - Victorian Skin

Prof. Gilbert discusses Charles Bell, Charles Darwin and Cesare Lombroso’s discussions of blushing and the emotions.
June 10, 2020

Ep.7 - Joanna Bourke - Pain and the Politics of Sympathy

Pain and the Politics of Sympathy, 1789 to the Present, by Prof. Joanna Bourke.
June 10, 2020

Ep.8 - Thomas Rütten - Thomas Mann’s Fictional Characters and Their Quest for the Patient Narrative

Explores the interface between medicine and literature in Thomas Mann's work and assesses the latter’s relevance for a medical historiography that takes the individuality of the patient seriously.
June 10, 2020

Ep.5 - Michael Crumplin - The Bloody Fields Of Waterloo

Explores the various stages of the Battle of Waterloo (1815), highlighting particular medical issues of the campaign.
June 10, 2020

Ep.6 - Mary Fissell - The Strange History Of Aristotle's Masterpiece

Something Borrowed, Something Blue: The Strange History of Aristotle's Masterpiece, by Prof. Mary Fissell.
June 10, 2020

Ep.4 - Keir Waddington - Food, Fear And Public Health In Victorian And Edwardian Britain

Combines history of science, food and culture and applies these to Anglo-German relations and perceptions by examining how between 1850-1914 the German sausage was used as a metaphor for the German nation.
June 10, 2020

Ep.3 - Helen King - Poems On Plagues: Thomas Sprat And The Later History Of The Plague Of Athens

"Poems on Plagues: Thomas Sprat and the Later History of the Plague of Athens", examines responses to Thucydides’ narrative of the plague of Athens.
June 10, 2020

Ep.1 - Sue Black - The History of Forensic Anthropology

Charts the history of forensic anthropology in the UK and illustrate its constant links back to so many aspects of applied anatomy.
June 10, 2020

Ep.2 - Stephen Craig - The Annotated Medical and Physical Observations of John Pringle

The Annotated Medical and Physical Observations of Sir John Pringle, by Dr Stephen Craig.
June 10, 2020

Ep.0 - Casenotes Introduction

Introduction to the Casenotes podcast.