Death, Dissection & Grave Robbing

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Genital warts fashioned into necklaces, teeth harvested from the battlefield and blood vessels eternalised in wax: these are some of the things that you might find inside Edinburgh’s Surgeons’ Hall Museums.

But who did they belong to? Kate is talking to Thomas Elliot, head of learning and interpretation, to find out.

*WARNING this episode includes themes of an adult nature*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Lewis Mason.

Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.

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0:00.0	Everyone leaves a legacy.
0:02.2	But a legacy can change over time as new generations
0:05.6	re-examine old preputations.
0:07.6	From Wundery and Gohanger podcasts, I'm F4hersh.
0:11.0	I'm Peter Frankapan, and in a brand new series,
0:14.0	we're exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history,
0:17.4	from Napoleon to Picasso.
0:19.2	And asking, what does their past tell us about our present?
0:23.4	This is legacy.
0:24.7	Follow now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.2	Pickled penises and floating feet.
0:35.7	No, I'm not concocting a witch's brew.
0:38.2	These are the jars which line the walls of the pathology museum.
0:41.9	A collection that houses body parts from all kinds of people and creatures.
0:46.8	But just who and where did these objects come from?
0:50.6	Join me, Kate Lister, the Twix, the Sheets,
0:52.9	as we have a look at the history of anatomy and surgery.
0:57.2	What do you look for, a man?
0:59.2	Oh, money of course.
1:01.2	You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you.
1:03.2	I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs.
1:06.2	I just turn in the knob and push the button.
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