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From Mr Pickwick to Tiny Tim - Charles Dickens and Medicine

Charles Dickens's expert eye for detail enabled him to describe many medical conditions in his writings. Dickens also suffered with a number of medical conditions which will be discussed in detail during the lecture.

Gene Therapy - The Future has Arrived!

Using DNA and gene-based therapy to treat human diseases may sound like science-fiction, but there are already several gene therapies in use today. This lecture will describe what gene therapy is all about, the recent advancements in the field and what the future holds for gene therapies.

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life as a Children's Heart Surgeon

Few people are lucky enough to save lives or change them for the better. Few also experience the horror of losing lives or worsening them. In this lecture I want to share some of the astonishing experiences of a paediatric heart surgeon.

The Right Stuff: Information, Privacy and the Ethics of Disclosure

Personal information is understood as the property of individuals, but this way of thinking about information raises questions about the ethics of information sharing, particularly in relation to medical research and the management of risk in healthcare.

The Eradication of Infectious Diseases

Eradicating an infectious disease for all time is one of the greatest gifts a generation can give to all subsequent ones. This lecture will examine the opportunities and difficulties of eradication.

The Poetry of Robert Frost, The Power and Intrigue of Simile

Frost's line, 'I found a dimpled spider... holding up a moth like a white piece of rigid satin cloth' exploits simile... But how can a moth be like cloth? -This is one of a number of examples that will be explored with a view to refining our understanding of smilie.

Xtreme Everest: Taking Medicine from Mountainside to Bedside

In 2007, a team of doctors and scientists ascended to the roof of the world to understand more about how we adapt to high altitude - and why some of us adapt better than others. Uncovered is 15 years of research aiming to understand how humans adapt to low oxygen levels when critically ill.

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From Mr Pickwick to Tiny Tim - Charles Dickens and Medicine

Gene Therapy - The Future has Arrived!

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life as a Children's Heart Surgeon

The Right Stuff: Information, Privacy and the Ethics of Disclosure

The Eradication of Infectious Diseases

The Poetry of Robert Frost, The Power and Intrigue of Simile

Xtreme Everest: Taking Medicine from Mountainside to Bedside

I Won't Have Blood! A Battle Between Belief and Duty?

The Value of Heritage and the Heritage of Value

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and Poetic Technique

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