Episodes
Here is our library of show notes for all episodes of the This Medical Life podcast. You can also find This Medical Life episodes directly in your favourite podcast app on your smartphone, or in audio streaming services like Spotify.

Episode Four | A Pox On Both Your Houses
The eradication of Smallpox: an unmatched medical triumph. Smallpox was a devastating disease described as the scourge of the world. The Variola virus was responsible

Episode Three | The Black Tumour
In the 19th Century there was an increasing numbers of Black Tumours reported in medical literature – described as Melanose in 1806 when Rene Laennec

Episode Two | COVID-19 and epidemiology | Anatomy of a Pandemic
Anatomy of a Pandemic Through the prism of COVID-19 and epidemiology, we examine different epidemics and pandemics throughout history. In the last twenty years, there

Episode One | This Pathological Life | What is Pathology?
What is Pathology? Pathology is by definition: the study of disease. Pathology is about understanding. This episode uses the story of Mary Papanicolaou and her