30 episodes
Epidemic Belfast Ulster University
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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.
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Preparing for Gas Attacks in Second World War Belfast
An Interview with Dr James O’Neill, Curator at Northern Ireland War Memorial
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Health, Medical Care and the Victorian Workhouse
Robyn Atcheson, who lectures at Queen’s University Belfast, discusses health and medical conditions in Belfast’s workhouse system.
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Nursing, Emotional Labour and the Troubles
Megan Kelly, Associate Lecturer at Open University discusses the emotional labour of nursing during the Troubles.
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Health and the Postal Service
Laura Newman (KCL) discusses using post office data to understand health in Northern Irish history and William Orr, a Ballymoney postman who managed to deliver his post despite his blindness.
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Midwifery and Childbirth in Twentieth-Century Belfast
Caitlin Smith, PhD researcher at Ulster University, talks about historical experiences of midwifery and childbirth in 20th-Century Belfast.
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Diabetes in 20th-Century Northern Ireland
Lauren Young, PhD researcher at QUB, and former UU History Master’s student, explores patient experiences of diabetes in 20th-century Northern Ireland.