Podcasts and videos on ancient medicine
I would strongly recommend listening to the following podcasts and videos, if you have even a distant interest in ancient medicine. Helen King, professor in ancient history, talks about her work.
Recent podcasts: On ancient medicine, and ‘Gladiator’, April 2012:
http://www8.open.ac.uk/platform/news-and-features/professor-helen-king-ancient-medicine-and-the-flashing-midwife (NB the full content is not available if accessed on an iPad)
On Agnodike the ‘flashing midwife’, March 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMILds1Gg4&feature=youtu.be
On the Hippocratic Oath, with Peter Pormann and Vivian Nutton, September 2011:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b014gdqq/In_Our_Time_The_Hippocratic_Oath/
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