Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, talks about tea addiction and under-nutrition in Victorian and Edwardian Belfast and why contemporaries linked these problems to the onset of ‘insanity’ in working-class women.
Excessive Tea Drinking and Insanity in Late-Victorian Belfast Read More »
Michael Kinsella, PhD candidate at Ulster University, discusses his doctoral research into Irish residents in the north of Ireland migrating to Scotland for treatment and care in Scottish asylums during the 19th Century.
The Migration of Irish Mental Health Patients to Scottish Asylums Read More »
Rebecca Watterson, PhD candidate at Ulster University, explores the lives and experience of patients in Belfast asylums during Victorian and Edwardian times.
Asylums in Victorian and Edwardian Belfast Read More »
Eugenie Scott, PhD candidate at Ulster University, discusses her doctoral research into the incidence, treatment, and management of cancer in 19th-century Belfast.
Cancer in Victorian Belfast Read More »
Rebecca Watterson, PhD candidate at Ulster University, talks about the poor health of Belfast linen mill workers when Belfast was known as ‘Linenopolis’.
The Health of Belfast Mill Workers Read More »
Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, talks about how urbanisation and industrialisation in Belfast worsened the health of its residents over the 19th century.
Disease and the Industrial Revolution Read More »
