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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 B... more
FAQs about Epidemic Belfast:How many episodes does Epidemic Belfast have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.
November 04, 2021Belfast, c.1900. ‘The Unhealthiest City in the Kingdom’?Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, discusses why Belfast was considered the unhealthiest city in Britain and Ireland at the turn of the 20th century and the inefficacy of Belfast Corporation in safeguarding the city’s health....more22minPlay
November 04, 2021The Templemore Public Baths in East BelfastDr Rhianne Morgan, Queens University Belfast, discusses health, leisure and the Templemore Public Baths in East Belfast....more27minPlay
November 04, 2021Clifton House, Disease and Graverobbers in 19th-century BelfastMark Doherty, tour guide and local historian, discusses the role of Clifton House poor house in protecting the health of its residents and securing its graveyard....more33minPlay
November 04, 2021Anti-Vaxxers in Victorian BelfastDr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, explores why an anti-smallpox vaccination movement emerged in Victorian Belfast....more14minPlay
November 04, 2021Tuberculosis in Victorian BelfastProf Greta Jones discusses her research into the outbreak of tuberculosis in 19th and 20th century Belfast....more34minPlay
November 04, 2021Cholera in Victorian BelfastDr Nigel Farrell, Associate Lecturer in history at Ulster University, discusses the horrifying cholera epidemics that occurred in 19th-century Belfast....more29minPlay
November 04, 2021Excessive Tea Drinking and Insanity in Late-Victorian BelfastDr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, talks about tea addiction and under-nutrition in Victorian and Edwardian Belfast and why contemporaries linked these problems to the onset of ‘insanity’ in working-class women....more13minPlay
November 04, 2021The Migration of Irish Mental Health Patients to Scottish AsylumsMichael Kinsella, PhD candidate at Ulster University, discusses his doctoral research into Irish residents in the north of Ireland migrating to Scotland for treatment and care in Scottish asylums during the 19th Century....more28minPlay
November 04, 2021Asylums in Victorian and Edwardian BelfastRebecca Watterson, PhD candidate at Ulster University, explores the lives and experience of patients in Belfast asylums during Victorian and Edwardian times....more15minPlay
November 04, 2021Cancer in Victorian BelfastEugenie Scott, PhD candidate at Ulster University, discusses her doctoral research into the incidence, treatment, and management of cancer in 19th-century Belfast....more15minPlay
FAQs about Epidemic Belfast:How many episodes does Epidemic Belfast have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.