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This fortnightly podcast from the Physicians' Gallery at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh presents stories from medicine, past and present
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- Ep.26 - Class Tickets · 22 minThis week, we’re uncovering the history of class tickets. Issued to students at the University of Edinburgh, these tickets gave you admission to the classes of individual…
- Ep.25 - Microscope · 16 minThis week, we’re exploring early microscopes, 1600s Dutch experimenter Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and red blood cells. Van Leeuwenhoek was an innovator, a microbiologist, and a…
- Ep.24 - Womb · 16 minThis week, we’re exploring some womb history. We’re starting off with a bit of menopause magic – symptoms to look out for include a loss of feminine grace and bleeding piles. We…
- Ep.23 - James Gillray · 18 minThis week, we’re exploring the blood-filled art of James Gillray. We uncover the world of excretory medicine – from gentle emetics to breathing a vein. And we dig into the…
- Ep.22 - Bloodletting Ulcer · 14 minThis week, we’re exploring the oozing story of bloodletting ulcers. Bloodletting is often described as gory, weird or baffling – but the stories of patients who were overbled and…
- Ep.21 - Barber Pole · 14 minThis week, we’re exploring the history of barber poles. Were these poles once wrapped in real bloody rags? Were there different coloured poles to show the different procedures…
- Ep.20 - Midwives Book · 18 minThis week, we’re examining The Midwives Book and how a female midwife in 1600s England talked, wrote and understood periods, wombs and menopause. Was flatulence a sign of…
- Ep.19 - Leech Jar · 23 minIn this episode, we’re unearthing the history of medicinal leeches. From rural swamps to 24 hour leech shops, the leech industry grew and grew across Europe. There were many…
- Ep.18 - Blood Transfusion · 15 minIn this episode, we’re digging into the gnarly history of blood transfusion. From dog blood to black urine, we’re looking at 1600s attempts to carry out the first transfusions. A…
- Ep. 17 - Eating Blood · 18 minThis week, we’re talking about eating blood. We’re digging into a tiny Scottish chapbook and the slightly gnarly recipe it contains! From the blood of Roman Gladiators to…
- EP.16 - Straitjacket · 16 minThis week, we’re talking about straitjackets. Despite many seeing the straitjacket as an extreme method of patient restraint, in the 1700s it was introduced as a modern and…
- Ep.15 - Asylum Art · 13 minThis week, we’re talking about asylum art. And we’re focusing on a little volume of illustrations of patients at an asylum - the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. The illustrations show…
- Ep.14 - Ripley Alchemical Scroll, Part 4 · 13 minThis week, we’re talking about the alchemical Ripley Scroll. This huge scroll, almost six feet long, supposedly contains the secret to the Philosophers' Stone. In this final part…
- Ep.13 - Ripley Alchemical Scroll, Part 3 · 15 minThis week, we’re talking about the alchemical Ripley Scroll. This huge scroll, almost six feet long, supposedly contains the secret to the Philosophers' Stone - the key to both…
- Ep.12 - Ripley Alchemical Scroll, Part 2 · 16 minThis week, we’re into our second episode about the alchemical Ripley Scroll. In this episode we’re talking about conmen, Adam and Eve and Bigfoot. _______________ Follow us on…
- Ep.11 - Ripley Alchemical Scroll, Part 1 · 14 minThis week, we’re talking about the alchemical Ripley Scroll. This huge scroll, almost six feet long, supposedly contains the secret to the Philosophers' Stone - the key to both…
- Ep.10 - Scarificator · 14 minThis week, we’re talking about scarificators. These alarming devices are filled with tiny blades. Also known as 'mechanical leeches' they were designed to be used for…
- Ep.9 - Rose · 15 minThis week, we’re talking about the rose. One of the less unpleasant-tasting medicines, rose was a common treatment for indigestion and constipation.
- Ep.8 - Bleeding bowl · 16 minThis week, we’re talking about bleeding bowls. We’re covering everything from heroic near-death levels of bloodletting, to a Scots porringer of blood - a handy tool that doubled…
- Ep.7 - Air Loom · 17 minThis week, we’re talking about the Air Loom. This fascinating image is the first example of asylum patient art ever reproduced in print and we uncover the story of its creator…
