Department of English Literature at the University of Reading in Podcasts

Ja to help us, we are joined by not one, but two esteemed doctors. In History Corner, she's an associate professor in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading, where her research focuses on medicine and the body from the 16th to 18th centuries. And luckily for us, she's also the author of the fantastic new book, The Surgeon, the Midwife and the Quack, How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England. It's Dr. Alana Skoos. Welcome, Alana. Hello, nice to be here.