Medicine & Misogyny

<p>Using leeches to suck the blood from patients,&nbsp;mercury pills, and removing limbs with NO anaesthetic - healthcare throughout history hasn’t been the most…appealing.</p><br><p>But have you ever thought about the difference in how men and women were treated?</p><br><p>From witch trials to hysteria to wandering wombs, today Betwixt the Sheets Kate speaks to Dr Elinor Cleghorn, author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646468/unwell-women-by-elinor-cleghorn/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Unwell Women' </a>to find out about gender bias in medicine.</p><br><p>*WARNING this episode includes fruity language and themes of an adult nature*</p><br><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Seyi Adaobi.</p><br><p>Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.</p><br><p>This podcast includes music from Epidemic Sound and an archive clip from Body-care and Grooming public video 1948, and Good Grooming for Girls, 1946 (GlamourDaze).</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>