Divided Dublin: A medical history with Prof Joe Harbison
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Dublin has a rich and colourful medical history, from world-leading discoveries to an epicentre of infectious disease. For a time, Dublin was divided between the wealthy in ostentatious houses and the destitute in tenements, separated by mere streets. In this episodes, we join Prof Joe Harbison for a walking tour of the medical history of divided Dublin, from the early days of medicine at TCD to grave-robbing, syphilis, and the host of bizarre and brilliant characters that shaped medical science to this day.
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