Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this fortnight’s episode we uncover the history of Cardiology. ‘What was a bruit de soufflet’? Why was the heart left inside the body during mummification? And how did tapping on wine barrels lead to a new examination method?

We also talk to Dr Omar Fersia about his experiences working as a Consultant Cardiologist, including fitting a pacemaker in a colleague.

And, to finish off, our case study looks at how a Scottish physician, Sir James Mackenzie, became known as the ‘Father of British Cardiology’.

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Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Researcher and presenter: Olivia Howarth is a volunteer with RCPE Heritage, a recently qualified archivist, heritage enthusiast and self-proclaimed lifetime nerd with an interest in medical history.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this episode we explore the history of dermatology. We start with anatomical texts and the history of flaying and displaying human skin.

We then uncover dermatology illustrations, wax models and photography, along with some of the great figures who advanced the study of skin diseases.

Then we talk to Dr Ophelia Dadzie – a dermatologist working today.

And we end with the case study of Mrs Mathews, a little-known patient of Dr William Cullen, an Edinburgh physician in the late 1700s. Treatments prescribed to Mathews included blistering and bloodletting and we explore the history of cutting, breaking and opening the skin as forms of treatment.

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Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this episode we explore the history of paediatrics, including the importance placed on maternal milk, the differentiation between adult and child medical care and the development of Children’s hospitals.

We then talk to Dr Ailsa McLellan, a consultant paediatric neurologist about her experience working with children, treatments targeted to genetic conditions and specialisation of services.

And for this week’s case study, we look at how physicians tackled the treatment of Rickets in the early 20th century.

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Instagram: instagram.com/physiciansgallery/

Facebook: facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@physiciansgallery

Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this episode we explore the history of ophthalmology, or diseases and treatments of the eyes.

Then we talk to Dr Justin McKee – a specialist currently working in the field of medical ophthalmology. As usual we’ll end up with a case study – in this episode Justin will be talking more about a historical figure who inspires him.

Twitter: twitter.com/RCPEHeritage

Instagram: instagram.com/physiciansgallery/

Facebook: facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@physiciansgallery

Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this fortnight’s episode we look into the past and present of haematology. Discover what it meant to be sanguinous, why early blood transfusions were prohibited by Parliament and how WW2 transformed the infrastructure of blood donation in the UK.

We talk to Professor Marie Copeland about her experience working as a specialist in leukaemia at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. We discuss the differences between a haematologist and haematopathologist, why iron is important for blood and how the management of some blood related conditions has changed.

Lastly, we explore the complicated history of haemophilia in the Royal family and why it became known as the ‘Royal disease’.

Twitter: twitter.com/RCPEHeritage

Instagram: instagram.com/physiciansgallery/

Facebook: facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@physiciansgallery

Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Researcher and presenter: Olivia Howarth is a volunteer with RCPE Heritage, a recently qualified archivist, heritage enthusiast and self-proclaimed lifetime nerd with an interest in medical history.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this episode we explore the history of neurology. We start with the history of the word neurology, before uncovering some of the key figures in the history of neurology – from physicians in the 1600s to the 1900s and the origins of Parkinson’s Disease.

Then we talk to Dr Will Whiteley – a neurologist working today.

And we end with the case study of one of the most famous neurological diseases in history – hysteria.

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Instagram: instagram.com/physiciansgallery/

Facebook: facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@physiciansgallery

Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this episode we explore the history of Emergency Medicine. From the wound man and battlefield triage to Dutch fumigation and the Trotting horse method, and everything in between!

We also talk to Dr Kerri Baker, a Consultant Acute Physician and General Physician, about her experiences, and the differences between acute and emergency medical care.

And we finish up with a look at the mysterious case of L’Inconnue de la Seine and her connection to the development of CPR training.

Twitter: twitter.com/RCPEHeritage

Instagram: instagram.com/physiciansgallery/

Facebook: facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@physiciansgallery

Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Researcher and presenter: Olivia Howarth is a volunteer with RCPE Heritage, a recently qualified archivist, heritage enthusiast and self-proclaimed lifetime nerd with an interest in medical history.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this episode we uncover the history of pharmacology and therapeutics. From Ancient Greek medicine, including humoural theory, to some of the more unusual medicines prescribed by doctors – including sponge biscuits, chocolate and wine.

We also talk to Dr Mike Sweeney about what it is like to work in pharmaceutical medicine today.

And we finish with a case study – this time of a medicine, rather than of a person – ‘Reanimating Solar Tincture’ – invented by a man called Ebeneezer Sibly.

Twitter: twitter.com/RCPEHeritage

Instagram: instagram.com/physiciansgallery/

Facebook: facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@physiciansgallery

Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this episode we explore the history of respiratory medicine. We start with tuberculosis – discussing its many names, and its famous sufferers – from Kafka to Jane Austen and George Orwell. We also uncover the work of Sir John Crofton in tackling this deadly disease.

Then we talk to Dr Wendy Anderson – a specialist currently working in the field of respiratory medicine.

And we end with a case study exploring the history of asthma, and particularly one of its most famous sufferers, Charles Dickens.

Twitter: twitter.com/RCPEHeritage

Instagram: instagram.com/physiciansgallery/

Facebook: facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@physiciansgallery

Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.

Casenotes Past & Present is a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh podcast.

In this episode we uncover the history of infectious diseases, including the study of contagion and smallpox inoculation.

We also talk to Dr James Whitehorn about what it is like to work as an infectious disease specialist today.

And we finish with a case study of Typhoid Mary – one of the most famous patients in medical history.

Twitter: twitter.com/RCPEHeritage

Instagram: instagram.com/physiciansgallery/

Facebook: facebook.com/PhysiciansGallery

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@physiciansgallery

Credits

Editor and producer: Laura Burgess has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021 after completing her MA in History from UNC Charlotte.

Editor and producer: Sarah E Hayward completed her PhD in Museums and Heritage Studies at Kingston University London in 2023. She has been a volunteer with RCPE Heritage since 2021. She has a passion for archival research and she loves to explore creative ways to assemble and share the hidden stories she uncovers.