Skip Navigation
Educational Recording Agency
Menu
  • Search
    TV & Radio
  • All
    Subjects
    • Humantities and Social Sciences
    • Business and Management
    • Economics
    • English Literature
    • Geography
    • History
    • Philosophy and Ethics
    • Psychology
    • Religious Education
    • Sociology
    • STEM
      Subjects

    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Computing and IT
    • Design and Technology
    • Engineering and Manufacturing
    • Maths
    • Physics
    • Arts, Media and Design

    • Art and Design
    • Drama and Theatre
    • Film Studies
    • Media and Photography
    • Music
    • Modern Languages

    • French
    • German
    • Spanish
    • Mandarin
    • Vocations, Services and Trades
    • Building and Construction
    • Education and Childcare
    • Health and Social Care
    • Hospitality and Catering
    • Nursing and Midwivery
    • Sport and Leisure
    • Travel and Tourism
    • Primary Education

    • English
    • Geography
    • History
    • Maths
    • PSHE
    • Religious Education
    • Science
    • Social, Emotional and Mental Wellbeing
    • Careers
    • PSHE
    • Relationships Education
    • Humantities and Social Sciences
    • Business and Management
    • Economics
    • English Literature
    • Geography
    • History
    • Philosophy and Ethics
    • Psychology
    • Religious Education
    • Sociology
    • STEM
      Subjects

    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Computing and IT
    • Design and Technology
    • Engineering and Manufacturing
    • Maths
    • Physics
    • Arts, Media and Design

    • Art and Design
    • Drama and Theatre
    • Film Studies
    • Media and Photography
    • Music
    • Modern Languages

    • French
    • German
    • Spanish
    • Mandarin
    • Vocations, Services and Trades
    • Building and Construction
    • Education and Childcare
    • Health and Social Care
    • Hospitality and Catering
    • Nursing and Midwivery
    • Sport and Leisure
    • Travel and Tourism
    • Primary Education

    • English
    • Geography
    • History
    • Maths
    • PSHE
    • Religious Education
    • Science
    • Social, Emotional and Mental Wellbeing
    • Careers
    • PSHE
    • Relationships Education
  • Sign in or register
The ERA Video Streaming Platform | History | History of Medicine

Medicine in early modern England

2: Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

2: Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Early Modern Britain | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'03''

Lucy Worsley explores how the health of monarchs has shaped the nation. She looks at th...

5: The Triumph of Art | Civilisations

5: The Triumph of Art | Civilisations

History | BBC Two | 2018 | 59'06''

Simon Schama examines how traditions developed in the years following the Renaissances.

4: Medicine and Long Term Change | History File

4: Medicine and Long Term Change | History File

History | BBC Two | 1989 | 18'48''

Paul Viragh presents programme on medicine and long-term change - Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood is usually ...

Measuring levels of oxygen in the blood | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Measuring levels of oxygen in the blood | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 3'30''

Using a pulse oximeter to show what happens with the levels of oxygen in the blood when you st...

The Great Plague

The Great Plague

Early Modern Britain | Channel 4 | 2003 | 1'30'25''

The Great Plague of 1665 killed 100,000 Londoners - one in three of the people living in the city. While kept diaries have provided terrifying testaments to...

5: Bloody Beginnings | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

5: Bloody Beginnings | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'00''

Michael Mosley looks at how surgery dragged itself kicking and screaming out of the dark ages, transforming itsel...

4: Fixing Faces | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

4: Fixing Faces | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'00''

Series about the history of surgery continues with a look at the development of plastic surgery, which started over 40...

2: Bleeding Hearts | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

2: Bleeding Hearts | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'02''

The series about the history of surgery charts the development of heart surgery. Michael Mosley witnesses a breatht...

1: Into the Brain | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

1: Into the Brain | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 58'56''

Documentary series looking at the brutal, bloody and dangerous history of surgery begins with the area of the body w...

Can't find what you're looking for?
Request a clip
Back to Top    
The ERA Video Streaming Platform | History | History of Medicine
About
  • Who we are
  • How we work
  • Our team
  • Organisations we represent
  • Governance
  • Partner organisations
  • Updates
  • Accessibility Statement
Sign up to get the latest ERA updates

Subscribe to receive updates from ERA

You can opt out of hearing from us at any time using the unsubscribe link in our emails. Read our full privacy policy.

 

Get in touch

020 7837 3222
era@era.org.uk

Scott House * Suite 1 *
The Concourse *
Waterloo Station * London * SE1 7LY *
United Kingdom

Who we are * How we work * Our team * Organisations we represent * Governance * Partner organisations * Updates * Accessibility Statement

© Copyright 2025

Close

We use cookies!

Cookies help us run our services and give you a better experience. For the full details please read our Cookie Policy.