Episode 49 - A History of Medicine - Part 1

28/09/2021 1h 3min Episodio 49

                    Episode 49 - A History of Medicine - Part 1

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So, this week we start an extended series about the history of medicine. We start in Ancient Egypt and move around the Mediterranean finally ending up in Colonial America. Along the way we discuss the idea of bodily humors, the principal of extractive therapy, as well as the naissance of scientific approaches to medicine. We also discuss the critical and often unwilling role marginalized people played in the creation of medical knowledge.