Dr Tom Thorpe (independent scholar), talks about the role health and health protection played in Belfast schools during the Edwardian period and how Campbell College Belfast was used as a military hospital during the Second World War.

Schools and Health in Edwardian Belfast, and Campbell College as a WW2 Military Hospital

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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Schools and Health in Edwardian Belfast, and Campbell College as a WW2 Military Hospital

Schools and Health in Edwardian Belfast, and Campbell College as a WW2 Military Hospital