Vivian Nutton
Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine at University College London
5 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Helen King
Covers topics in categories such as:
Galen
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.
10 October 2013
Also featuring: Helen King, Caroline Petit
The Hippocratic Oath
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath, the most celebrated text in Western medicine.
15 September 2011
Also featuring: Helen King, Peter Pormann
The Nervous System
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and science of the nervous system, the network of tissues which allows parts of the body to communicate with each other.
10 February 2011
Also featuring: Colin Blakemore, Tilli Tansey
The Brain
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of cultural, medical, artistic and philosophical ideas about the human brain.
8 May 2008
Also featuring: Jonathan Sawday, Marina Wallace
The Four Humours
Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours, a medical theory that saw the body as a concoction of four essential juices.
20 December 2007
Also featuring: David Wootton, Noga Arikha