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The celebrity physician and the plague

The iconic “plague prevention costume” invented by a 17th-century French doctor secured his fame in royal circles. But other aspects of Charles de Lorme’s career made him a controversial figure.

  • Article

The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.

  • Article

The soul in the stomach

A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.

  • In pictures

The eyes have it

In 1583, eye specialist Georg Bartisch published a book detailing the treatments he’d developed for various eye disorders. Today his approach seems to mix surprising innovation with entirely contemporary religious judgement.

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  • Janet Aitkin, physician
  • Physician examining urine.
  • Physician's medicine case
  • Broadsheet: 'The physician's receipt'
  • Physician, 16th century woodcut.
  • Saint Luke as a physician.
  • Woodcut: physician at patient's bedside.
  • The English physician / [Nicholas Culpeper].
  • The English physician / [Nicholas Culpeper].
  • The English physician / [Nicholas Culpeper].
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  • Seminar

Predicting Life and Death in the Later Middle Ages

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Decolonising Healthcare with Dr Annabel Sowemimo

Online | In our building
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