Body of Work Heritage Podcast
Body of Work is the heritage podcast from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. This podcast is all about celebrating collaborations and celebrating them through medical heritage. Each episode will feature a different professional who has worked with us here at the heritage department; we chat about their work, and what drew them to it. We also geek out a bit on medical heritage! Feel free to email us with any questions: library@rcpsg.ac.ukFollow us on twitter: @rcpsgheritage
Episodes
28 episodes
Episode 19- Jane Chiodini
Welcome to Body of Work, the heritage podcast from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. This podcast is all about celebrating collaborations and celebrating them through medical heritage. Each episode will feature a differen...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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41:31
Episode 18- Maggie Reilly
This week’s guest is Maggie Reilly. Maggie is recently retired, having worked as the Curator of Zoology at the Hunterian for many years. The Hunterian is a complex of world-renowned museums in Glasgow housing the collections of Dr William Hunte...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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52:35
Episode 17- Mr Thisara Weerasuriya
This week’s guest is Mr Thisara Weerasuriya. Thisara is a specialty doctor in trauma and orthopaedics, as well as an honorary senior lecturer of the medical school at the University of Glasgow. Thisara is a member of the advisory committe...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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42:09
Episode 16- Elena Trimarchi
This week we are speaking to Elena Trimarchi. Elena is the Learning and Engagement Manager at the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum in Blantyre. A museum originally set up to celebrate the life of the Scottish medical missionary, the David Li...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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44:06
Episode 15- Professor Miles Fisher
We are back for season 3 of Body of Work! This week's guest is Professor Miles Fisher. Professor Fisher is a retired consultant physician and diabetes specialist. He worked at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for over 20 years and was appointed hono...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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42:43
BoW Bites Episode 8: Annie Allan and the Scottish Women's Hospitals
Time for our new series of BITEsize podcast episodes! Body of Work Bites will take you through stories from the College's heritage in short, digestable episodes. Join Digital Heritage Officer, Kirsty Earley, and Library and Heritag...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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26:04
BoW Bites Episode 7: Thomas Annan and the Old Closes of Glasgow
Time for our new series of BITEsize podcast episodes! Body of Work Bites will take you through stories from the College's heritage in short, digestable episodes. Join Digital Heritage Officer, Kirsty Earley, and Library and Herit...
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28:13
BoW Bites Episode 6: Elizabeth Blackwell and A Curious Herbal
Time for our new series of BITEsize podcast episodes! Body of Work Bites will take you through stories from the College's heritage in short, digestable episodes. Join Digital Heritage Officer, Kirsty Earley, and Library and Heritag...
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33:12
BoW Bites Episode 5: William Beatty and his Surgical Instrument Set
Time for our new series of BITEsize podcast episodes! Body of Work Bites will take you through stories from the College's heritage in short, digestable episodes. Join Digital Heritage Officer, Kirsty Earley, and Library and Heritag...
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28:59
BoW Bites Episode 4: Audubon and Birds of America
Time for our new series of BITEsize podcast episodes! Body of Work Bites will take you through stories from the College's heritage in short, digestable episodes. Join Digital Heritage Officer, Kirsty Earley, and Library and Heritag...
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29:14
BoW Bites Episode 3: Andreas Vesalius and De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Time for our new series of BITEsize podcast episodes! Body of Work Bites will take you through stories from the College's heritage in short, digestable episodes. Join Digital Heritage Officer, Kirsty Earley, and Library and Heritag...
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28:12
BoW Bites Episode 2: Mearnskirk Hospital and Alexander Dale
Time for our new series of BITEsize podcast episodes! Body of Work Bites will take you through stories from the College's heritage in short, digestable episodes. Join Digital Heritage Officer, Kirsty Earley, and Library and Heritag...
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25:11
BoW Bites Episode 1: William Macewen and Osteotomes
Time for our new series of BITEsize podcast episodes! Body of Work Bites will take you through stories from the College's heritage in short, digestable episodes. Join Digital Heritage Officer, Kirsty Earley, and Library and Heritag...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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14:19
Episode 14- Kirsty Earley
Another one?! Another bonus episode?! In this week’s episode, we pull back the curtain to interview Body of Work’s creative director and host, Kirsty Earley. Kirsty is the Digital Heritage and Engagement Officer at the College, with a ...
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Episode 14
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1:01:36
Episode 13- Kristin Hay
This week’s guest is Kristin Hay. Kristin is a doctoral researcher in the history of health and medicine at the University of Strathclyde, and has worked with us at the College as a PhD research intern. Her focus has been on gender inequality i...
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Episode 13
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1:04:28
Episode 12- Sarah Spence
This week’s guest is Sarah Spence, a Welcome Trust PhD candidate in Medical Humanities/Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow. Her research looks into stigmatised health conditions usually associated with Scottish public health in rec...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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48:37
Episode 11- Dr Francis Osis
This week’s guest is Francis Osis. Francis has recently completed his doctorate looking into 18th century scientists and how they perceived sex and venereal diseases, using anatomical specimens to do so. We have worked with Francis before at se...
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Episode 11
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51:09
Episode 10- Dr Megan Coyer
This week’s guest is Dr Megan Coyer, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Critical Studies of the University of Glasgow. Megan is also the Deputy Director of the Medical Humanities Research Centre and has wide range of research interests in the f...
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Episode 10
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56:23
Episode 9- Professor Ian Bone
This week’s guest is Professor Ian Bone. Professor Bone is a retired neurologist who worked as a consultant at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow for many years. He is a member of the heritage committee at the College and has recently pub...
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Episode 9
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57:27
Episode 8- Dr Ourania Varsou
This week’s guest is Dr Ourania Varsou, a Lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Glasgow. Ourania teaches anatomy to a variety of students at the university, and specialises in the anatomy of the head and neck, as well as medical imaging. She...
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Episode 8
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58:16
Episode 7- Charlotte Orr
This week’s guest is Dr Charlotte Orr. Charlotte has recently completed her doctorate in medical humanities, looking into the life, work, and literature of Sir Ronald Ross. We have worked with Charlotte in her Literature of Medicine teachings, ...
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Episode 7
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1:05:21
Episode 6- Dr Morven McElroy
This week’s guest is Dr Morven McElroy. Morven is a consultant geriatrician at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the current Honorary Librarian at the College. She is an Office Bearer of the College and is a key part of the Heritage team as well as b...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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58:31
Episode 5- Victoria McCulloch
This week’s guest is Victoria McCulloch. Victoria is a lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh and a medical illustrator. We have worked with her and her colleagues on the outreach events, “Night at the Museum of Anatomy” where she u...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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45:38
Episode 4- Lucy Threadgold
This week’s guest is Lucy Threadgold, a historian of medicine currently based in Glasgow. Lucy took part in one of our research events, the Hackathon, and has also helped us with our research into our exhibition Great Minds: the Brain in Medici...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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58:48
Episode 3- Dr Cheryl McGeachan
This week’s guest is Dr Cheryl McGeachan. Cheryl is a lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Glasgow with whom we have worked on several occasions. Her research interests include criminal-medical histories and geography, and she recen...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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49:47