The Overend-Knight Medical History Podcast
Episodes
Travellers on a hidden river: retracing Sheffield’s discoveries in Pulmonary Hypertension
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pulmonary hypertension is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, which leads to damage t...
Hearts of steel: treating valve disease in post-war Sheffield
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heart and circulatory diseases account for over 40% of deaths in Europe. This podcast describes the work of mid-19th century creative physicians and e...
Destigmatising mental illness: the Sheffield story
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the transformation of mental healthcare in Sheffield during the twentieth century to address the stigma of mental illness. Such ...
Goodwill to Goodwin: Diabetes and the UK's first clinical trial of insulin
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1923, Sheffield industrialist Sir Stuart Goodwin became one of the first diabetes patients in the UK to be treated successfully with insulin. The f...
Trailer: The Overend-Knight Medical History Podcast
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What were the medical firsts in Sheffield over the last 200 years? We set out to find these in the Overend-Knight Medical History Podcast – named af...