Eugenie Scott, PhD candidate at Ulster University, discusses her doctoral research into the incidence, treatment, and management of cancer in 19th-century Belfast.

Cancer in Victorian Belfast

Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID.  In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.

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Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID. In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.

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Cancer in Victorian Belfast

Cancer in Victorian Belfast