War and Disease

In the penultimate episode of our brand-new podcast series, historian and host Rebecca Rideal is joined by Sick to Death’s very own Dean Paton, as well as experts Paul Reed, Dr Jacob Steere-Williams and Dr Tessa Dunlop, to investigates medical challenges and innovations during the First and Second World Wars. We also shine a light on the Third Plague Pandemic. Today’s object is a Second World War medical kit. Written and produced by Rebecca Rideal. Edited and produced by Peter Curry. Theme music: “Time” by The Broxton Hundred. The podcast is brought to you by Sick to Death, an exciting new medical museum in the heart of historic Chester.