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Oxford Brookes Centre for Health, Medicine and Society


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    History of Medicine #25: Race – a history of a bad idea

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 26:32


    History of Medicine #24: Suitable for Parenthood: The Eugenics of Reproductive Health in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2012 45:54


    History of Medicine #23: Spinsters and Lesbians as Spiritual Mothers of the British Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2012 37:03


    History of Medicine #22: Send in the Clones? Naomi Mitchison (née Haldane)’s Musing on Reproduction, Breeding, Feminism, Socialism and Eugenics from the 1920s to the 1970s

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2012 42:57


    History of Medicine #21: Women, the Family and Eugenics in Nazi Germany

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2012 54:56


    History of Medicine #20: Eugenics and Maternalism during the Century of Woman: Trends in Eastern Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2012 40:03


    History of Medicine #19: Eugeni-fascist Vitalism, Racial Prepotency, and Maternal Health in Interwar Italy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2012 51:21


    History of Medicine #18: Making experts in the periphery: Toxicology in nineteenth-century Spain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2012 45:04


    History of Medicine #17: Place Identity and Healthy Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2012 60:22


    History of Medicine #16: A History of Morphological Evolution: From Darwin to Lewis and beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2012 56:01


    History of Medicine #15: International or global?: The pharmaceutical industry 1950–2010

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2012 51:42


    History of Medicine #14: From Deficiency to Difficulty: Three historical phases of constructing learning disability since 1913

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2012 39:31


    History of Medicine #13: Medical Experiments

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2011 44:08


    History of Medicine #12: Karl Sudhoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2011 45:13


    History of Medicine #11: The Doctor by Luke Fildes (1891)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2011 48:31


    History of Medicine #10: The Rise of the Global Health Consultant: Brian Abel Smith (1926-1996)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2011 41:32


    History of Medicine #9: A Case Study in Mid Twentieth-Century “Charitable” Psychiatry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2011 47:23


    History of Medicine #8: Child Welfare and Mental Hygiene in Greece (1910-1940)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2011 41:31


    History of Medicine #7: Cleanliness is next to Godliness: The Problem of Plague in Early Modern Venice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2011 43:47


    History of Medicine #6: Safety first! Individuals, Voluntary Organisations, and the British State in Twentieth-Century Accident Prevention

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2011 38:02


    History of Medicine #5: 'The Itch': The Strange Story of Skin Disease and Prejudice in the Eighteenth Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2011 41:44


    History of Medicine #4: The Experimental Subject's Experience in Non-therapeutic Clinical Studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2010 47:09


    History of Medicine #3: Between experimental evidence, statistical trial and preventive care the changing tides of BCG evaluation with human beings, 1921-1980

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2010 66:19


    History of Medicine #2: Controlled Trials Before Randomization

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2010 50:37


    History of Medicine #1: The Open Air School Movement in the first half of the Twentieth Century: A "non-evidenced based" experiment in social health

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2010 47:48


    Moments In Medicine #10: A Treasure Chest of Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2009 7:22


    Moments In Medicine #9: Before CSI: The Origins of Forensic Medicine and Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2009 10:10


    Moments In Medicine #8: The Vaccination Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2009 14:12


    Moments In Medicine #7: Midwifery is from Venus - Medicine is from Mars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2009 11:36


    Moments In Medicine #6: The Impact of the Individual

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2009 32:08


    Moments In Medicine #5: From Eugenics to Newgenics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2009 10:11


    Moments In Medicine #4: Sickle-Cell Research

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2009 9:00


    Moments In Medicine #3: Disease in the Jet Age

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2009 13:46


    Moments In Medicine #2: Clothing as Medicine?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2009 10:08


    Moments In Medicine #1: The History of Fat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2009 8:56


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