09/02/2011
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland health correspondent Eleanor Bradford looks back at the history of medicine in Scotland.
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland's health correspondent, Eleanor Bradford looks back at the history of medicine in Scotland. Featuring Billy Kay's four part series Cheating Death, the story of the Lennox Castle Hospital and The Lock in Glasgow. We'll also be hearing about the benefits of fresh air, and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in an archived programme from 1979.
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Cheating Death: Blessed Be The Doctor
In this episode of Cheating Death "Blessed Be The Doctor" Billy Kay tells the story of medicine from sacred waters and clootie wells to beta blockers and ultrasound.
Duration: 29:19
Lennox Castle: A World Apart
Polly Phillips hears moving stories from former staff and patients of Lennox Castle hospital.
Duration: 25:51
Magnetic Memories: Hospital Radio
An archive edition of Magnetic Memories about hospital radio in Scotland with comment from Gordon Brown, Richard Park and Ken Bruce.
Duration: 20:53
Cheating Death: The Medical Metropolis
In Cheating Death: The Medical Metropolis Billy Kay celebrates Edinburgh's late 18th century emergence as the world's foremost medical centre.
Duration: 26:20
A Breath of Fresh Air
Alastair Drurie explores the history of fresh air as a cure and investigates how belief in its benefits has created some bizarre treatments.
Duration: 22:53
Dirty and Dangerous
Librarian Anna Forrest tells Edi Stark the horrific story of the 19th century Lock Hospital in Glasgow.
Duration: 25:39
Colin in Conversation: Elizabeth Russell
Colin Bell in conversation with Elizabeth Russell who isolated the typhoid organism which plagued Aberdeen in 1968.
Duration: 26:10
Cheating Death: The Bodysnatchers, Mountebanks and Quacks
In Cheating Death: The Bodysnatchers, Mountebanks and Quacks Billy Kay looks at the unqualified medics who were performing operations and giving medical advice in Scotland.
Duration: 26:15
Turning Points: Edinburgh Medicine
In this 1999 edition of Turning Points, Christopher Smout traces the history of the Edinburgh School of Medicine.
Duration: 25:59
Open To All: 250th Anniversary of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
In 1979 the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary celebrated its 250th Anniversary. Michael Elder looks at its history and best known characters.
Duration: 43:55
Vaccination 1: The Science
Edi Stark looks at the historical facts behind the science that has created life-saving vaccines, eradicating some diseases and keeping others under control.
Duration: 25:31
Cheating Death: Thereβs Nae Remeid For Stark Deid
In the final part of Cheating Death βThereβs Nae Remeid For Stark Deidβ Billy Kay looks at the rise of forensic medicine.
Duration: 26:21
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- Wed 9 Feb 2011 00:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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