Diseases in Dialogue
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In this podcast series, researchers from the ERC-funded "Diseases of Modern Life" project at the University of Oxford join experts from a range of fields to discuss some of the major questions surrounding the scientific, technological and medical developments that have defined the modern era, from the nineteenth century to the present day.

The Gut-Brain Connection

Why is digestive health so central to our understanding of who we are? How has this changed since the nineteenth century? How did Victorians perceive ...
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A Networked Age

What does it means to live in a networked age? Was the electric telegraph a forerunner of the internet? Have the benefits of new means of communicatio...
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Surgical Consent

How has the relationship between doctor and patient changed since the nineteenth century? Did Victorian surgeons take their patients’ wishes seriously...
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The Gut-Brain Connection

Why is digestive health so central to our understanding of who we are? How has this changed since the nineteenth century? How did Victorians perceive ...
Show notes

A Networked Age

What does it means to live in a networked age? Was the electric telegraph a forerunner of the internet? Have the benefits of new means of communicatio...
Show notes

Surgical Consent

How has the relationship between doctor and patient changed since the nineteenth century? Did Victorian surgeons take their patients’ wishes seriously...
Show notes