Higiene, salud y ambiente en perspectiva histórica: Cali a comienzos del siglo XX, estudia las características relativas al panorama higiénico y sanitario de la realidad nacional y regional del Valle y del Cauca, a partir de un ejercicio historiográfico que abarca diferentes momentos históricos, para luego situarse, con especial énfasis, en el análisis del c ... Show More
Apr 17
José Carlos Puente Luna, En los reinos de España. Viajeros andinos, justicia y favor en la corte de los Austrias.
Este libro explora el mundo de los viajeros andinos a la corte de los Habsburgo. El estudio presenta estos viajes a través del Atlántico Ibérico a la vez como un reflejo de los profundos cambios operados en las sociedades indígenas andinas tras la Conquista y como un poderoso cat ... Show More
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Apr 17
Ana Sofia Ferreira, Revolução nos campos do sul: A participação das mulheres na reforma agrária em Portugal, 1974-1976.
Autora entrevistada: Dra. Ana Sofia Ferreira, Instituto de Sociologia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal. ORCID: https://https//orcid.org/0000-0002-5521-4191 Artículo: Revolução nos campos do sul: A participação das mulheres na reforma agrária em Portugal, 1974-1976. ARevolução do ... Show More
29m 45s
Jun 2023
Before Roe: The Physicians' Crusade (2022)
Abortion wasn't always controversial. In fact, in colonial America it would have been considered a fairly common practice: a private decision made by women, and aided mostly by midwives. But in the mid-1800s, a small group of physicians set out to change that. Obstetrics was a ne ... Show More
52m 27s
May 2023
Anne Gerritsen and Burton Cleetus, "Histories of Health and Materiality in the Indian Ocean World: Medicine, Material Culture and Trade, 1600-2000" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Histories of Health and Materiality in the Indian Ocean World: Medicine, Material Culture and Trade, 1600-2000 (Bloomsbury, 2023): Introducing materiality into the study of the history of medicine, this volume hones in on communities across the Indian Ocean World and explores how ... Show More
54m 3s
Mar 2024
L'impact de l'industrie sur la santé aux 19e et 20e siècles - Entretien avec Judith Rainhorn
<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! </p><p>Quand on parle histoire et industrie, à quoi pensez-vous ? De mon côté, l’une des premières choses me venant en tête est la révolution industrielle ayant eu lieu au 19e siècle. Mais au-delà de ça, ce phénomène reste un peu flou pou ... Show More
1h 46m
Feb 2021
Cholera! Public health in mid-19th century Britain
The 1848-1849 cholera epidemic in England and Wales was described by a government report as if a ‘foreign army’ had ‘held possession of the country, and slain 53,293 men, women and children’. In the mid-19th century the country faced an epidemic of filth; poorly drained, overcrow ... Show More
40m 27s
Dec 2020
166: Medical Humanities: Pandemics, Food Shaming & Social Science – Dr. Kari Nixon
<p>"Medical humanities can be defined as an interdisciplinary, and increasingly international endeavor that draws on the creative and intellectual strengths of diverse disciplines, including literature, art, creative writing, drama, film, music, philosophy, ethical decision makin ... Show More
54m 54s
Nov 2023
Ep 130 Cocoliztli: We do love a salty dish
<p>In the 16th century, a series of deadly epidemics swept through much of the region of Mesoamerica known as the Aztec Empire, killing untold millions. By the start of the first of these epidemics, the area had become woefully accustomed to devasting epidemic disease, as the Spa ... Show More
1h 52m
Mar 2020
The Deadliest Pandemic in Modern History
April 5, 1918. The first mention of a new influenza outbreak in Kansas appears in a public health report. That strain, later called the Spanish Flu, would go on to kill at least 50 million people worldwide. In a time before widespread global travel, how did this disease spread so ... Show More
21m 24s
May 2021
Keeping Lungs Healthy: A Discussion of Respiratory Health in Vietnam with Professor Gregory Fox
The COVID-19 virus has brought the spotlight to respiratory health. Over the past year, we have become more aware than ever of cough and cold-like symptoms, fevers, feeling tired, shortness of breath and any other indicators that our immune system is fighting off an infection. Bu ... Show More
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