http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/historyofmedicine/podcasts/ en Oxford Brookes University Podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present, Oxford Brookes University Centre for Health, Medicine and Society Podcasts about the History of Medicine. Can the history of epidemics or the history of body fat help us better understand our susceptibility to illnesses like swine flu or provide a clue to the modern day rise of obesity? Podcasts about the History of Medicine. Can the history of epidemics or the history of body fat help us better understand our susceptibility to illnesses like swine flu or provide a clue to the modern day rise of obesity? Centre for Health, Medicine and Society, Oxford Brookes University chris.jennings@brookes.ac.uk education,history,medicine no History of Medicine Podcasts From the beginning of the eighteenth century a pattern of different forms of institutional provision for mentally disordered people emerged in England, which included workhouses, private madhouses, the voluntary mental hospitals, and then from 1808 the publicly funded county and borough mental hospitals. The historiography of mental hospitals has concentrated almost exclusively on the public mental hospitals, and continues to focus mostly on the nineteenth century. Little primary research has been done on the Registered Hospitals, as the voluntary mental hospitals became in 1845, and relatively little attention has been paid to the period in the twentieth century between c1920 and c1960, in which significant changes took place to the whole pattern of provision. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 3 May 2011 From the beginning of the eighteenth century a pattern of different forms of institutional provision for mentally disordered people emerged in England, which included workhouses, private madhouses, the voluntary mental hospitals, and then from 1808 the publicly funded county and borough mental hospitals. The historiography of mental hospitals has concentrated almost exclusively on the public mental hospitals, and continues to focus mostly on the nineteenth century. Little primary research has been done on the Registered Hospitals, as the voluntary mental hospitals became in 1845, and relatively little attention has been paid to the period in the twentieth century between c1920 and c1960, in which significant changes took place to the whole pattern of provision. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 3 May 2011 http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/case_study_in_mid_twentieth-century_charitable_psychiatry/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:06:55 +0100 00:47:23 History of Medicine Podcasts This seminar focuses on Greek child welfare institutions and initiatives in from the early 20thcentury unto 1940, exploring the combination of eugenics and ‘puericulture’ that emerged, as well the social hygienic measures adopted by Greek governments towards improving children’s health. This seminar hence also investigates the contributions pediatricians made to the wider eugenic discourse during the interwar years along with the intellectual currents that framed these debates and policies. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 5 April 2011 This seminar focuses on Greek child welfare institutions and initiatives in from the early 20thcentury unto 1940, exploring the combination of eugenics and ‘puericulture’ that emerged, as well the social hygienic measures adopted by Greek governments towards improving children’s health. This seminar hence also investigates the contributions pediatricians made to the wider eugenic discourse during the interwar years along with the intellectual currents that framed these debates and policies. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 5 April 2011 http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/child_welfare_and_mental_hygiene_in_greece_1910-1940/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:59:19 +0100 00:41:31 History of Medicine Podcasts Early modern Venice was economically wealthy, politically powerful and socially cosmopolitan; one sixteenth-century contemporary described the city as a hotel for the people’s of the world. Like many ports with a high turnover of people and where trade provided the economic ‘lifeblood of the city’, protection against disease was of paramount importance. Introductions against the plague have often been characterised as knee-jerk, reactive, desperate, temporary and ineffective and, as such, have been studied separately from other medical and charitable introductions, famous in Renaissance Italy for their sophistication and scale. This paper illustrates that concerns about the plague were permanent in Venice, because of the magnitude of the problem of the disease, the uniqueness of the city’s environment and the wide-ranging concern for morality and reform in Renaissance states. As such, it adds to our understanding of early modern Italian medical, physical and religious history. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 29 March 2011 Early modern Venice was economically wealthy, politically powerful and socially cosmopolitan; one sixteenth-century contemporary described the city as a hotel for the people’s of the world. Like many ports with a high turnover of people and where trade provided the economic ‘lifeblood of the city’, protection against disease was of paramount importance. Introductions against the plague have often been characterised as knee-jerk, reactive, desperate, temporary and ineffective and, as such, have been studied separately from other medical and charitable introductions, famous in Renaissance Italy for their sophistication and scale. This paper illustrates that concerns about the plague were permanent in Venice, because of the magnitude of the problem of the disease, the uniqueness of the city’s environment and the wide-ranging concern for morality and reform in Renaissance states. As such, it adds to our understanding of early modern Italian medical, physical and religious history. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 29 March 2011 http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/cleanliness_is_next_to_godliness/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:47:21 +0100 00:41:31 History of Medicine Podcasts Individuals, Voluntary Organisations, and the British State in Twentieth-Century Accident Prevention Today safety education seems to be everywhere – just think of the annual Christmas anti-drink/driving campaign, using TV and radio adverts, posters, newspaper messages and more. Where did this idea of using the media to try to persuade people to change their behaviour start? Drawing on his Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded work, in this seminar Mike Esbester explores the origins and spread of safety education, from the pre-First World War workplace, to road safety and even into the home. He looks at the techniques that were used to spread messages (including handkerchiefs, milk bottle tops and Christmas paper), the relationships between health education and safety education, and the role of voluntary and government organisations in producing safety education. Mike considers what messages were put forward – including the idea that people must look after themselves – and questions whether or not safety education has reduced deaths and injuries. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 15 March 2011 Today safety education seems to be everywhere – just think of the annual Christmas anti-drink/driving campaign, using TV and radio adverts, posters, newspaper messages and more. Where did this idea of using the media to try to persuade people to change their behaviour start? Drawing on his Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded work, in this seminar Mike Esbester explores the origins and spread of safety education, from the pre-First World War workplace, to road safety and even into the home. He looks at the techniques that were used to spread messages (including handkerchiefs, milk bottle tops and Christmas paper), the relationships between health education and safety education, and the role of voluntary and government organisations in producing safety education. Mike considers what messages were put forward – including the idea that people must look after themselves – and questions whether or not safety education has reduced deaths and injuries. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 15 March 2011 http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/safety_first/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:43:42 +0100 00:38:02 History of Medicine Podcasts Kevin Siena is Associate Professor at Trent University, Canada, and held an Oxford Brookes International Research Fellowship in 2011. Kevin’s research focuses on early modern Britishhistory with special interests in medical history, sex and disease, urban poverty and social welfare. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 15 February 2011 Kevin Siena is Associate Professor at Trent University, Canada, and held an Oxford Brookes International Research Fellowship in 2011. Kevin’s research focuses on early modern Britishhistory with special interests in medical history, sex and disease, urban poverty and social welfare. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 15 February 2011 http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/the_itch/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:34:50 +0100 00:41:44 History of Medicine Podcasts Brian Balmer and Norma Morris present their research on (women) volunteers’ experience of participating in experimental medical research, in this case the testing of a novel breast imaging technology likely to have potential for the diagnosis of breast cancer. The data collected from interviews and participant observations highlighted the often overlooked social challenges of participation in an experiment, including how volunteers’ concerns about their ‘performance’ outweighed those surrounding risk or physical discomfort. Morris and Balmer also elaborate on their finding that volunteers were commonly active, enthused, and resourceful, a conclusion that chimes better with current ideas of doctor-patient partnerships and active consumer participation in research rather than the commonly encountered construction of the vulnerable and passive ‘subject’ that informs current ethical and regulatory structures. Although Morris and Balmer do not claim that their research setting was representative, as volunteers’ aspirations will vary according to circumstances, they suggest that public policies for clinical research governance might usefully give more attention to the social and interactive dimensions of participation that are critical to making a satisfactory experience for volunteers and successful research outcomes. Brian Balmer and Norma Morris present their research on (women) volunteers’ experience of participating in experimental medical research, in this case the testing of a novel breast imaging technology likely to have potential for the diagnosis of breast cancer. The data collected from interviews and participant observations highlighted the often overlooked social challenges of participation in an experiment, including how volunteers’ concerns about their ‘performance’ outweighed those surrounding risk or physical discomfort. Morris and Balmer also elaborate on their finding that volunteers were commonly active, enthused, and resourceful, a conclusion that chimes better with current ideas of doctor-patient partnerships and active consumer participation in research rather than the commonly encountered construction of the vulnerable and passive ‘subject’ that informs current ethical and regulatory structures. Although Morris and Balmer do not claim that their research setting was representative, as volunteers’ aspirations will vary according to circumstances, they suggest that public policies for clinical research governance might usefully give more attention to the social and interactive dimensions of participation that are critical to making a satisfactory experience for volunteers and successful research outcomes. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/the_experimental_subjects_experience_in_non-therapeutic_clinical_studies/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:01:30 +0000 00:47:09 History of Medicine Podcasts the changing tides of BCG evaluation with human beings, 1921- 1980 In this seminar, Christian Bonah explores the protracted and often contentious history of the BCG vaccine against Tuberculosis, questioning the various approaches to therapeutic evaluation and human experimentation with the vaccine throughout the twentieth century. In this seminar, Christian Bonah explores the protracted and often contentious history of the BCG vaccine against Tuberculosis, questioning the various approaches to therapeutic evaluation and human experimentation with the vaccine throughout the twentieth century. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/between_experimental_evidence_statistical_trial_and_preventive_care1/ Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:57:24 +0000 01:06:19 History of Medicine Podcasts Comparisons are key to all fair tests of the effects of treatments. Sometimes patients experience responses to treatments which compare dramatically with past experiences and the natural history of health problems. In these circumstances, confident conclusions about treatment effects can be reached without carefully controlled research. Such dramatic effects of treatments are rare, however, and reliable detection of moderate but important differential effects of treatments requires carefully designed, formal comparisons. A key principle in such formal treatment comparisons is that like will be compared with like – that, before the treatment(s) to be assessed have been started, the patients in the treatment comparison groups should have similar chances of recovery. In the middle of the 20th century, random allocation to treatment comparison groups began to be adopted as an unbiased way of creating similar groups. It is widely assumed that the adoption of random allocation in controlled trials reflected the influence of RA Fisher’s development of statistical theory. The evidence suggests otherwise. Comparisons are key to all fair tests of the effects of treatments. Sometimes patients experience responses to treatments which compare dramatically with past experiences and the natural history of health problems. In these circumstances, confident conclusions about treatment effects can be reached without carefully controlled research. Such dramatic effects of treatments are rare, however, and reliable detection of moderate but important differential effects of treatments requires carefully designed, formal comparisons. A key principle in such formal treatment comparisons is that like will be compared with like – that, before the treatment(s) to be assessed have been started, the patients in the treatment comparison groups should have similar chances of recovery. In the middle of the 20th century, random allocation to treatment comparison groups began to be adopted as an unbiased way of creating similar groups. It is widely assumed that the adoption of random allocation in controlled trials reflected the influence of RA Fisher’s development of statistical theory. The evidence suggests otherwise. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/controlled_trials_before_randomization/ Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:44:48 +0100 00:50:37 History of Medicine Podcasts A "non-evidenced based" experiment in social health The Open Air School Movement was a major public health initiative created within the Western World in the first half of the 20th century. Open air nursery and primary schools were introduced in the first decade of the century throughout Europe and North America and over the next 20-30 years became numerous and widespread. This paper examines the influences behind the Open Air school movement predating the influential School opened in Charlottenberg, Germany in 1904 and the working philosophy of these schools both in relation to health and more generally. It also documents the day to day working practices of the schools, their changing role as they were affected by changes in treatment and prevention of infectious disease and their subsequent decline and closure after the 2nd world war. The School movement is examined in the context of a more general social health agenda with particular emphasis on the ideas of “fresh air “ providing a desirable and healthy environment as a method of ( particularly ) control and prevention of TB – and the belief and investment in a concept in the absence of evidence of real benefit. The Open Air School Movement was a major public health initiative created within the Western World in the first half of the 20th century. Open air nursery and primary schools were introduced in the first decade of the century throughout Europe and North America and over the next 20-30 years became numerous and widespread. This paper examines the influences behind the Open Air school movement predating the influential School opened in Charlottenberg, Germany in 1904 and the working philosophy of these schools both in relation to health and more generally. It also documents the day to day working practices of the schools, their changing role as they were affected by changes in treatment and prevention of infectious disease and their subsequent decline and closure after the 2nd world war. The School movement is examined in the context of a more general social health agenda with particular emphasis on the ideas of “fresh air “ providing a desirable and healthy environment as a method of ( particularly ) control and prevention of TB – and the belief and investment in a concept in the absence of evidence of real benefit. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/the_open_air_school_movement_in_the_first_half_of_the_twentieth_century/ Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:58:08 +0100 00:47:48 History of Medicine Podcasts Moments in Medicine Episode 10 Rear Admiral John Lippiet, Cheif Executive of the Mary Rose Trust and Andy Elkerton, Collections Manager reveal the findings of a 500 year old medicine chest recovered from one of Henry VIII's favorite war ships, the Mary Rose. Rear Admiral John Lippiet, Cheif Executive of the Mary Rose Trust and Andy Elkerton, Collections Manager reveal the findings of a 500 year old medicine chest recovered from one of Henry VIII's favorite war ships, the Mary Rose. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/a_treasure_chest_of_medicine/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:18:34 +0000 00:07:22 mary rose,medicne,history History of Medicine Podcasts Dr. Cassie Watson, Oxford Brookes University and Dr. Ian Burney, Manchester University discuss with Lizz Pearson the development of medicine used in the sevice of the law.Sponsored by the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society at Oxford Brookes University. Dr. Cassie Watson, Oxford Brookes University and Dr. Ian Burney, Manchester University discuss with Lizz Pearson the development of medicine used in the sevice of the law.Sponsored by the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society at Oxford Brookes University. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/before_csi/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:20:22 +0100 00:10:10 History of Medicine Podcasts The issue of mandatory vaccination is not a new one. Professor Michael Worboys, University of Manchester; Dr. Helen Bedford, Institute of Child Health UCL and Dr. Richard Halvorsen, a GP working in central London discuss the rights of the individual vs the greater good of the community in the history of vaccination. Professor Michael Worboys, University of Manchester; Dr. Helen Bedford, Institute of Child Health UCL and Dr. Richard Halvorsen, a GP working in central London discuss the rights of the individual vs the greater good of the community in the history of vaccination. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/the_vaccination_debate/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:04:09 +0100 00:14:12 History of Medicine Podcasts Moments in Medicine Episode 7 If Henry VIII had hired better midwives would the course of history be changed? The evolution of midwifery and the tension between midwives and medical men are discussed by Jean Donnison, Historian of Social Policy and author, Lucy Reid, Head of Information Services at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Elizabeth Hurren, Medical Historian at Oxford Brookes University. The seventh in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. If Henry VIII had hired better midwives would the course of history be changed? The evolution of midwifery and the tension between midwives and medical men are discussed by Jean Donnison, Historian of Social Policy and author, Lucy Reid, Head of Information Services at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Elizabeth Hurren, Medical Historian at Oxford Brookes University. The seventh in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/midwifery_is_from_venus_medicine_is_from_mars/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:55:54 +0100 00:11:36 midwifery,medicine,history History of Medicine Podcasts Moments in Medicine Episode 6 Thoughout the ages who has made the most meaningful contribution to medicine? History and science students studying for their GCSEs at the Petchey Academy in Hackney queried HIPPOCRATES (portrayed by Dr. Dionysios Stathakopoulos, King's College London), CLAUDIUS GALEN (Dr. Tim McHugh, Oxford Brookes University),THOMAS WILLIS (Dr. Elizabeth Hurren, Oxford Brookes) and MARY SEACOLE (Prof. Elizabeth Aninowu, Thames Valley University) and cast their votes. The examining panel included Esme Kirk, student and David Daniels, Principal, Petchey Academy. Prof. Steve King from Oxford Brookes provided the historical context for each candidate.Produced by Apercu Media. The sixth in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. Thoughout the ages who has made the most meaningful contribution to medicine? History and science students studying for their GCSEs at the Petchey Academy in Hackney queried HIPPOCRATES (portrayed by Dr. Dionysios Stathakopoulos, King's College London), CLAUDIUS GALEN (Dr. Tim McHugh, Oxford Brookes University),THOMAS WILLIS (Dr. Elizabeth Hurren, Oxford Brookes) and MARY SEACOLE (Prof. Elizabeth Aninowu, Thames Valley University) and cast their votes. The examining panel included Esme Kirk, student and David Daniels, Principal, Petchey Academy. Prof. Steve King from Oxford Brookes provided the historical context for each candidate.Produced by Apercu Media. The sixth in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/the_impact_of_the_individual/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:03:37 +0100 00:32:08 History of Medicine Podcasts Moments in Medicine episode 5 Eugenics is a term we associate with atrocities, but today gene therapy and fertility treatments are preventing disease and alleviating suffering. Where should we draw the line? Paul Weindling, Research Professor of History of Medicine, Roger Griffin, Professor of Modern History from Oxford Brookes, Dr. Marcus Pembrey, clinical geneticist from the Institute of Child Health, London and Emma Lake, Expert Patient Advisor for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and CF sufferer talk to Lizz Pearson about the link between today's genetic technologies and the eugenics of the past Produced by Apercu Media. The fifth in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. Eugenics is a term we associate with atrocities, but today gene therapy and fertility treatments are preventing disease and alleviating suffering. Where should we draw the line? Paul Weindling, Research Professor of History of Medicine, Roger Griffin, Professor of Modern History from Oxford Brookes, Dr. Marcus Pembrey, clinical geneticist from the Institute of Child Health, London and Emma Lake, Expert Patient Advisor for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and CF sufferer talk to Lizz Pearson about the link between today's genetic technologies and the eugenics of the past Produced by Apercu Media. The fifth in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/from_eugenics_to_newgenics/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:17:19 +0100 00:10:11 History of Medicine Podcasts Moments in Medicine episode 4 Sickle-Cell is a condition affecting more than 15,000 people in the UK - twice the number of cystic-fibrosis. However, some campaigners fear that the ethnic background of sufferers is a major factor in the relatively low level of funding and poor awareness of the condition. In Moments in Medicine Nick Baker talks to Professor Elizabeth Anionwu at Thames Valley University, Iyamide Thomas at the Sickle Cell Society and sufferer Anne Welsh to discover whether race really does play a role in medical research. Produced by Apercu Media. The fourth in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. Sickle-Cell is a condition affecting more than 15,000 people in the UK - twice the number of cystic-fibrosis. However, some campaigners fear that the ethnic background of sufferers is a major factor in the relatively low level of funding and poor awareness of the condition. In Moments in Medicine Nick Baker talks to Professor Elizabeth Anionwu at Thames Valley University, Iyamide Thomas at the Sickle Cell Society and sufferer Anne Welsh to discover whether race really does play a role in medical research. Produced by Apercu Media. The fourth in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/sickle_cell_research/ Thu, 28 May 2009 07:44:58 +0100 00:09:00 History of Medicine Podcasts Moments in Medicine episode 3 SARS, bird flu, swine flu... the experts say we're due a pandemic soon; is this just hype or unpleasant reality? Professor Steven King, Oxford Brookes, Professor Philip Stott, UCL, and Dr. Bill Hanage, Imperial College, London bring together demographic history, biogeography and epidemiology in a discussion with Nick Baker on disease in the jet age. Produced by Apercu Media. The third in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. SARS, bird flu, swine flu... the experts say we're due a pandemic soon; is this just hype or unpleasant reality? Professor Steven King, Oxford Brookes, Professor Philip Stott, UCL, and Dr. Bill Hanage, Imperial College, London bring together demographic history, biogeography and epidemiology in a discussion with Nick Baker on disease in the jet age. Produced by Apercu Media. The third in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/disease_in_the_jet_age/ Fri, 22 May 2009 09:24:44 +0100 00:10:08 History of Medicine Podcasts Moments in Medicine episode 2 From Ancient Egypt to the 21st century clothing has been used to prevent and cure disease. Steven King, Professor of History at Oxford Brookes and Chair of the Wellcome Trust History of Medicine Grant Panel and Lynn Sorge-English, Professor in Theatre and Costume Studies at Dalhausie University in Nova Scotia take us on a tour through time of Pre-Roman trusses, fabrics as presciptions, and medicine-infused garments for combating skin cancer. Produced by Apercu Media. The second in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. From Ancient Egypt to the 21st century clothing has been used to prevent and cure disease. Steven King, Professor of History at Oxford Brookes and Chair of the Wellcome Trust History of Medicine Grant Panel and Lynn Sorge-English, Professor in Theatre and Costume Studies at Dalhausie University in Nova Scotia take us on a tour through time of Pre-Roman trusses, fabrics as presciptions, and medicine-infused garments for combating skin cancer. Produced by Apercu Media. The second in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/clothing_as_medicine/ Fri, 15 May 2009 15:06:31 +0100 00:10:08 History of Medicine Podcasts Moments in Medicine episode 1 Elizabeth Hurren, Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine and Jeya Henry, Professor of Human Nutrition examine the history of body fat, body image and nutrition and trace developments contributing to obesity today. Interviewed by Lizz Pearson, well known by her work for BBC Radio 4, the programmme includes the responses of 13 year old girls from Bristol, to the question, is it possible to be both Fat and Fit? Produced by Apercu Media. The first in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. Elizabeth Hurren, Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine and Jeya Henry, Professor of Human Nutrition examine the history of body fat, body image and nutrition and trace developments contributing to obesity today. Interviewed by Lizz Pearson, well known by her work for BBC Radio 4, the programmme includes the responses of 13 year old girls from Bristol, to the question, is it possible to be both Fat and Fit? Produced by Apercu Media. The first in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present. http://poetry.brookes.ac.uk/index.php/historyofmedicine/podcast/history_of_fat/ Mon, 11 May 2009 07:52:08 +0100 00:08:56