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Climbing monks, wrestling kings and marching nuns: what people in the Middle Ages did to exercise. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval keep fit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastBreastfeeding in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastRenaissance eugenics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval medicine: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcast'Madness' and the supernatural. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

Put these events in orderDiscoveries in the history of medicine

Life hacks from historyGet a good night’s sleep. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Madness' and the supernatural. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastVictoria's armpit and 'giant' bones: body parts that changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War videoQ&AWhat caused trench foot in WW1 and how could it be treated?

Disease killers: the black nurses who conquered TB. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The NHS: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval videoQ&ADid medieval people have rotten teeth?

Simon Schama“Humans are a marvel of ingenuity, yet we seem to exist in this great pond of primitive terror and paranoia”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why Britain fell in love with the NHS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

21st Century videoHow should we see the NHS's history on its 75th anniversary?

How Britain fell in love with the NHS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Century videoWas there ever a golden age of the NHS?

A time of change: a history of our understanding of the menopause. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 moments when diseases drastically altered human history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How germs shaped human history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pregnancy & childbirth in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Curious cures for medieval maladies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval wellness: how our New Year’s resolutions mirror the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain

Surgical history: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

From bone setting in ancient Egypt to organ transplants: a brief history of surgery

American psychiatry: a tortured history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat are the roots of dentistry?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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