009: Life of a Surgeon - Apothecary 1750-1850: Guest Interview with Suzie Grogan

DiggingUp1800: The Podcast

English - August 08, 2021 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Suzie Grogan The Glamorous Life of a Surgeon Apothecary 1750-1850

My guest today is fellow Pen & Sword author, Suzie Grogan. Suzie’s written three books now but it is her second book, Death, Disease and Dissection that we’re really focusing on in this episode.

Join me as our chat turns to the world of medical history and the life of a surgeon-apothecary in the mid 18th and 19th Century.

We don't forget the body snatching in this episode and look at it from a slightly different angle than usual.

*Listener discretion is advised at the beginning of this episode

1:12 Introduction & how a murder inspired Suzie’s first book ‘Shell-Shocked Britain’

5:07 The Structure of the medical profession

9:42 The varied work of a Surgeon - Apothecary: From rolling pills to lancing abscesses

11:40 Inside the 19th century dissecting room

14:07 John Keats as a Medical student

14:22 Druin Burch ‘Digging Up The Dead’ & accounts of 19th dissecting rooms

15:12 The horrors of cross-contamination & germs in the dissecting room

19:09 Digging deeper into the life of a 19th century medical student

19:36 Students providing cadavers for dissection & anatomists relationship with body snatchers

23:16 I’m asked a surprise question on the total number of cadavers stolen

24:19 The value of the human body at the time of the Anatomy Act