This Medical Life

** Thanks for downloading this episode. If you'd like to stay in touch with our continuing story, Season 2 continues at This Medical Life, in which Dr Travis Brown continues his exploration of diseases and our approaches to treatment from history to the modern day. Have a look in your podcast app now for This Medical Life, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode ** Smallpox was a devastating disease described as the scourge of the world. The Variola virus was responsible for countless deaths from antiquity to the twentieth century and left most survivors with lifelong scars. Using Variolation, a primitive form of vaccination, our ancestors attempted to blunt the full force of Smallpox infections. However, it wasn’t until the twentieth century and using modern day vaccination techniques that we were able to achieve a monumental milestone and eradicate this disease. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

** Thanks for downloading this episode. If you'd like to stay in touch with our continuing story, Season 2 continues at This Medical Life, in which Dr Travis Brown continues his exploration of diseases and our approaches to treatment from history to the modern day. Have a look in your podcast app now for This Medical Life, and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode ** In the 19th Century there was an increasing numbers of Black Tumours reported in medical literature - described as Melanose in 1806 when Rene Laennec published that the Blackness of these tumours was not related to black carbon deposits found in the lungs of patients upon autopsy. By mid 20th Century, a more evidence based approach was taken. Today, through molecular biology advances, we know genetic mutations are important in the genesis of tumours such as melanoma. This podcast includes an interview with Dr Craig James MBBS (Hons), FRCPA, AACD and this section of the podcast conducted by Dr Craig James is eligible for 1 RACGP CPD point – self reporting. Episode notes, references and learning objectives, available at https://www.clinpath.com.au/about-us/podcast-this-pathological-life/2020/07/episode-three-the-black-tumour This Pathological Life is produced by Clinpath Pathology in South Australia. Dr Craig James   MBBS (Hons), FRCPA, AACD Specialties Cytopathology, Dermatopathology, and Histopathology Bio: https://www.clinpath.com.au/about-us/clinpath-leadership/our-pathologists/dr-craig-james/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep 2 COVID-19 and epidemiology | Anatomy of a Pandemic Through the prism of COVID-19 and epidemiology, we examine different epidemics and pandemics throughout history. In the last twenty years, there have been three outbreaks of Coronavirus (MERS, SARS, and COVID-19) but only COVID-19 reached pandemic status. The question must be asked as to why? This Pathological Life is produced by Clinpath Pathology in South Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pathology is by definition: the study of disease.Pathology is about understanding. This episode uses the story of Mary Papanicolaou and her husband George who discovered the pap smear. Dr Travis Brown says, “What I’m hoping is that this podcast explores the evolution of Pathology from historical perspectives to the current day understanding. This may be about a disease or an event or a person. So much can be learnt and there are some fascinating stories like the example of Mary Papanicolaou. Mary Papanicolaou’s contribution has led to hundreds of thousands of lives being saved and unfortunately, she is little more than a sentence or two in historical records.” This episode also covers: Diabetes (as a discussion example) How does someone become a pathologist? Pathologists: medical school / junior doctor / registrar How manwhat-is-pathologyy different kinds of pathologists are there? Episode notes, references and learning objectives, available at clinpath.com.au/about-us/podcast-series/2020/07/episode-one-this-pathological-life This Pathological Life is produced by Clinpath Pathology in South Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.