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09/02/2011

成人快手 Scotland health correspondent Eleanor Bradford looks back at the history of medicine in Scotland.

成人快手 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.

5 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 9 Feb 2011 00:30

Chapters

  • 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: There鈥檚 Nae Remeid For Stark Deid

    In the final part of Cheating Death 鈥淭here鈥檚 Nae Remeid For Stark Deid鈥 Billy Kay looks at the rise of forensic medicine.

    Duration: 26:21

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Feb 2011 00:30