
Epidemic Belfast
History Podcasts
Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID. In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.
Location:
Ireland
Genres:
History Podcasts
Description:
Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID. In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.
Twitter:
@epidemicbelfast
Language:
English
Contact:
+447530818928
Website:
https://epidemic-belfast.com/
Preparing for Gas Attacks in Second World War Belfast
Duration:00:25:01
Health, Medical Care and the Victorian Workhouse
Duration:00:29:27
Nursing, Emotional Labour and the Troubles
Duration:00:30:36
Health and the Postal Service
Duration:00:25:31
Midwifery and Childbirth in Twentieth-Century Belfast
Duration:00:15:45
Experiencing Diabetes in 20th-Century Northern Ireland
Duration:00:29:39
‘Curing’ Homosexuality in Late 20th Century Belfast
Duration:00:33:02
Curing Homosexuality in Late 20th Century Belfast
Duration:00:33:02
COVID in Northern Ireland, 2020-21
Duration:00:21:28
Living with HIV in Belfast
Duration:00:24:06
‘Curing’ Homosexuality in Late 20th Century Belfast
Duration:00:33:02
Prison Doctors and the Troubles
Duration:00:22:56
Injury, Hospital staff and the Troubles
Duration:00:24:55
The Troubles, Psychological Trauma and Feminism
Duration:00:12:29
The Thalidomide Tragedy in Belfast
Duration:00:31:29
Polio in Belfast
Duration:00:31:59
Lobotomies in 20th-Century Belfast Asylums
Duration:00:16:50
The Therapeutic Revolution, 1910s to 1960s
Duration:00:12:01
The Spanish Flu in Ireland, 1918-19
Duration:00:49:15
The Care of Shell-shocked Veterans after the First World War
Duration:00:27:18