• The Medical Humanities Podcast - Medicine in History, Culture and the Arts

  • By: Eve Elliot
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The Medical Humanities Podcast - Medicine in History, Culture and the Arts

By: Eve Elliot
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  • Welcome to the Medical Humanities podcast. I’m your host, Eve Elliot. You may not hear the words ‘medical’ and ‘humanities’ in the same sentence very often. In fact, at first glance they seem to represent two very different disciplines: one generally scientific and the other generally artistic. This podcast is about the many fascinating ways medicine intersects with history, culture and the arts.
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Episodes
  • The Death of Vincent Van Gogh: Suicide or Manslaughter?
    Dec 21 2023

    In the summer of 1890, Vincent Van Gogh committed suicide by shooting himself in the abdomen. Or did he?


    For transcripts and early access to future episodes, please consider joining my Patreon page to help support the show.


    https://www.patreon.com/posts/death-of-vincent-95057977?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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    27 mins
  • Elizabeth I - Virgin Queen?
    Oct 11 2023

    Elizabeth Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I of England, is perhaps one of the most famous monarchs in all of history. She reigned for forty-five years during a time of tumultuous religious and political upheaval, survived several assassination attempts, and famously addressed her army with the proclamation that she had the ‘heart and stomach of a king’. 

    But in spite of her many accomplishments, even in spite of famously  — or infamously — ordering the death of her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I is primarily known for one particular thing: her virginity. 


    Please note - this episode features mild references to sexuality.

    Error - I misspoke in this recording and referred to Lettice Knollys' husband as Robert Devereaux, when it should have been Robert Dudley. The error has been corrected in the transcript available here .


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    25 mins
  • A Medical Humanities Minute: Divine Madness: The Oracle at Delphi
    Aug 22 2023

    These episodes are more than a minute, but about a third the length of a more in depth episode. They're little tasters, I suppose, I'm just not sure what to call them!

    Today we take a brief look at the Oracle at Delphi.


    As I mentioned in the podcast, if you'd like to visit the ruins of Delphi yourself, it's now a Unesco World Heritage Site.


    For transcripts and more, visit https://eveelliot.wixsite.com/medicalhumanities

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    10 mins

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