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Remembering the Forgotten Pandemic
Going Viral - The Podcast
English - September 19, 2018 13:56 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsScience History covid19 history medicine pandemic covid flu influenza science virus Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The disease detectives investigate Britain’s only memorial to the Spanish flu pandemic, which leads them to the diary of flu fighter Dr. Basil Hood - offering a rare insight into the experiences of the brave medics who served on the frontline of the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum and Hannah Mawdsley @HannahMawdsley
With:
Professor John Oxford, Blizzard Institute, Queen Mary College, London. Scientific Director, Oxford Media Medicine www.oxfordmediamedicine.co
You can visit the ‘Influenza Pandemic Window – Heroes and Heroines of 1918-19’ in the medical library of the Royal London Hospital. https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/thehistorian/2017/10/06/through-a-glass-brightly-whitechapels-pandemic-window/
Dr. Basil Hood’s diary can be viewed by appointment at the Wellcome Collection. www.wellcomecollection.org
‘Spanish Flu: Nursing During History’s Deadliest Pandemic’ is running from 21st September 2018 – 16th June 2019 at The Florence Nightingale Museum, London www.florence-nightingale.co.uk
The series is produced by Melissa FitzGerald @Melissafitzg
Cover art by Patrick Blower www.blowercartoons.com
Dr. Basil Hood voiced by Will Huggins https://voiceovers.mandy.com/uk/voice-artist/profile/will-huggins-1
‘Going Viral’ is supported by Wellcome www.wellcome.ac.uk / @wellcometrust
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