111 research outputs found
Moments In Medicine #7: Midwifery is from Venus - Medicine is from Mars
No full textIf Henry VIII had hired better midwives would the course of history be changed? The evolution of midwifery and the tension between midwives and medical men are discussed by Jean Donnison, Historian of Social Policy and author, Lucy Reid, Head of Information Services at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Elizabeth Hurren, Medical Historian at Oxford Brookes University. The seventh in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present
Moments In Medicine #1: The History of Fat
No full textElizabeth Hurren, Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine and Jeya Henry, Professor of Human Nutrition examine the history of body fat, body image and nutrition and trace developments contributing to obesity today. Interviewed by Lizz Pearson, well known by her work for BBC Radio 4, the programmme includes the responses of 13 year old girls from Bristol, to the question, is it possible to be both Fat and Fit? Produced by Apercu Media. The first in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present
Elizabeth Hurren, Hidden Histories of the Dead. Disputed Bodies in Modern British Medical Research
No full textDans Hidden Histories of the Dead, Elizabeth Hurren, professeure d’histoire moderne et contemporaine à l’université de Leicester et spécialiste de l’éthique médicale, s’intéresse aux questions autour de la transition du commerce anatomique vers le don volontaire de corps et d’organes au xxe siècle en Angleterre. Elle prolonge ainsi l’analyse de son précédent opus, Dying for Victorian Medicine (2012). Dans la lignée de Ruth Richardson, elle y décrivait comment, entre l’Anatomy Act de 1832 et l..
Validation of the abrasion resistance test protocols and performance criteria of EN13595: the probability of soft tissue injury to motorcycle riders by abrasion resistance of their clothing
No full textAbstract not availableLauren Meredith, Christopher Hurren, Elizabeth Clarke, Michael Fitzharris, Matthew Baldock, Liz de Rome, Jake Olivier, Julie Brow
Moments In Medicine #6: The Impact of the Individual
No full textThoughout the ages who has made the most meaningful contribution to medicine? History and science students studying for their GCSEs at the Petchey Academy in Hackney queried HIPPOCRATES (portrayed by Dr Dionysios Stathakopoulos, King's College London), CLAUDIUS GALEN (Dr Tim McHugh, Oxford Brookes University), THOMAS WILLIS (Dr Elizabeth Hurren, Oxford Brookes) and MARY SEACOLE (Professor Elizabeth Aninowu, Thames Valley University) and cast their votes. The examining panel included Esme Kirk, student and David Daniels, Principal, Petchey Academy. Prof. Steve King from Oxford Brookes provided the historical context for each candidate. Produced by Apercu Media. The sixth in a series of History of Medicine podcasts from the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present
National Ethics Trust for dignified medical choices
No full textNational Ethics Trust for dignified medical choices: Establishing a key independent body where patients can take their difficult medical prognosis for in-life and end-of-life care.This policy briefing paper was produced by Professor Elizabeth Hurren, Chair in Modern History at the University of Leicester, with the support of the University of Leicester Institute for Policy. This briefing aims to tackle the pressing issue of health inequalities and inform policy, proposing a key policy recommendation to create a National Ethics Trust to provide the necessary help and support for patients and their loved ones for in-life and end-of-life care. </p
Comparative performance of the Cambridge abrasion machine in different laboratories
No full textMotorcycle protective clothing has been well established as an effective means of preventing abrasion injuries to motorcycle riders involved in crashes, yet the performance of this clothing can be variable. The European Standard for motorcycle protective clothing assesses the abrasion resistance quality of motorcycle protective clothing using tightly specified equipment. The absolute time required to abrade a material is reliant on the specifications of the abrasion machine, and it is unknown if measurements taken on machines with different specifications can provide useful information. This study examined the abrasion resistance of materials tested on two different machines built to slightly different specifications. These results confirm machines of different specifications can produce comparable results, and demonstrate capacity to use a non-standard machine to examine comparative performance of materials.Lauren Meredith, Elizabeth Clarke, Michael Fitzharris, Matthew Baldock, Christopher Hurren, Julie Brow
A radical historian's pursuit of rural history: the political career and contribution of Reverend Dr. John Charles Cox, c. 1844 to 1919
No full textHow to Write the History of a Parish (1905) by John Charles Cox is a famous early modern history of the parish-state. Yet its author had an eclectic and radical political career in Midlands' life long before he became famous as an historian of English rural life. Today, Cox's radical activities are in fact an important historical prism. His neglected career demonstrates how a strong personality could bring about genuine political change in agricultural life. Cox always focused on the need to fight for the socio-economic and political rights of the labouring poor. At the same time, he was committed to historical research and record collecting, especially that of the vestry in which the poor found a voice. In so doing, he personifies how the boundaries between private interest and public service, the domestic and the political, were sometimes navigated with personal intensity in rural England during the later nineteenth century
The 'Bury-al Board': poverty, politics and poor relief in the Brixworth Union, Northamptonshire c.1870-1900
No full textThe crusade against outrelief, which was promoted by the Local Government Board in the late-Victorian era, is a neglected topic of nineteenth century poor law studies. This thesis examines the crusade against outrelief that was implemented in the Brixworth Union of Northamptonshire because this board of guardians was one of the strongest and most renowned supporters of central government's anti-outrelief policy between 1870 and 1896. For over twenty-five years guardians implemented a series of progressively harsh strategies to try to eradicate outrelief spending. Those anti-outrelief measures had a profound social cost with far-reaching political repercussions. From the start of the crusade campaign, working people organised to fight for the reintroduction of outrelief. When the poor law was democratised in the 1890s the working-classes succeeded in becoming guardians of the poor for the first time and they outvoted the anti-outrelief policy. The political contest over outrelief provides fresh insights into the complex nature of labour relations in the countryside and the impact of democratisation in the late-nineteenth century. It traces the role of the poor law in rural society and how policy was shaped by central and local factors. The study, therefore, examines the politics of poor relief, the forces that shaped poor law policies and the impact those policies had on rural society in the context of the crusade against outrelief and its overthrow. In the process it questions some of our assumptions about working class political and social welfare aspirations before the advent of Welfare State legislation in the early twentieth century
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