History of Medicine

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Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and messCreative Commons Image Wellcome Library / Wellcome Images under CC-BY licence

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Martin Rowson (Guest), Professor Amanda Vickery (Guest), Professor Adam Kuper (Guest), Dr Wendy Maples (The Open University)

27 June 2011

In a roundtable discussion at The Wellcome Collection, the panel explore the difference between dirty and polluting, and why "not all poo is equal". Read more : Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

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115th anniversary of the x-ray Creative Commons Image Dakkar78 under CC-BY-NC licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 November 2010

To mark 115 years of the X-Ray, we explore them inside and out. Read more : 115th anniversary of the x-ray

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Darwin Now pod 9: Living legacy Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image celerrimus via Flickr

By Rissa De La Paz (The Open University), Sheila Ochugboju (Guest), Roberta Kacowicz (Guest)

08 December 2009

Find out how Darwin’s scientific legacy is being carried forward in this year of the bicentenary of his birth. Read more : Darwin Now pod 9: Living legacy

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Medical discoveries in your areaCreative Commons Image Jerry Evans under CC-BY-SA licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

26 January 2007

Everywhere in Europe has some sort of medical claim to fame. Open University staff around the country share their local heroes. Read more : Medical discoveries in your area

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Medical PioneersSCRAN

By Deborah Brunton (The Open University)

26 January 2007

The Making of Modern Medicine explores the history of medical ideas and how practitioners made breakthroughs in understanding how the body worked, about the causes... Read more : Medical Pioneers

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Birth of the welfare stateBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

03 August 2006

It was not until after the Second World War that the British Welfare state took its mature form. In a climate of relief after the... Read more : Birth of the welfare state

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Pathology in Renaissance ItalyUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Historians have argued that the Church saw dissection as a desecration of God's creation. But Katherine Park has found evidence of numerous dissections. Read more : Pathology in Renaissance Italy

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Health Care Options in Renaissance FlorenceUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

For the Rennaissance Italian patient here was a vast array of health care options because the practice of medicine was not seen as an exclusively... Read more : Health Care Options in Renaissance Florence

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The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance ItalyProduction team

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Were Renaissance hospitals hell-holes? John Henderson finds similarities to today's health care, and Katherine Park shows that autopsies were often performed. Read more : The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy

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Medical knowledge and beliefs in Renaissance ItalyUsed with permission

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01 September 2005

Although medical services were widely provided, they relied on a second century view of how the body worked. Read more : Medical knowledge and beliefs in Renaissance Italy

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Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and messCreative Commons Image Wellcome Library / Wellcome Images under CC-BY licence

115th anniversary of the x-ray Creative Commons Image Dakkar78 under CC-BY-NC licence

Darwin Now pod 9: Living legacy Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image celerrimus via Flickr

Medical discoveries in your areaCreative Commons Image Jerry Evans under CC-BY-SA licence

Medical PioneersSCRAN

Birth of the welfare stateBBC

Pathology in Renaissance ItalyUsed with permission

Health Care Options in Renaissance FlorenceUsed with permission

The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance ItalyProduction team

Medical knowledge and beliefs in Renaissance ItalyUsed with permission

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