History of Medicine #5: 'The Itch': The Strange Story of Skin Disease and Prejudice in the Eighteenth Century

Kevin Siena is Associate Professor at Trent University, Canada, and held an Oxford Brookes International Research Fellowship in 2011. Kevin’s research focuses on early modern British history with special interests in medical history, sex and disease, urban poverty and social welfare. This seminar took place at Oxford Brookes University on 15 February 2011

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