45 min listen
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
From Acts of Parliament to unethical clinical studies to legendary symphonies (possibly) - syphilis has stained many different areas of history.To find out what this disease is, what it does to the body and how treatments of it and the people who have it have changed, Kate spoke to Cat Irving, Human Remains Conservator for Surgeons’ Hall in Edinburgh.*WARNING there are adult words and discussions of illness and death in this episode*Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed Thomas Ntinas.Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.For more History Hit content, subscribe to our newsletters here.If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts, and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jan 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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