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Bush medicine: how Indigenous practice has survived millennia
Manage episode 522451464 series 2902428
A new exhibition at the University of Melbourne's Medical History Museum, Cultural Medicine: The Art of Indigenous Healing celebrates 65,000 years of First Nations medical knowledge and practice from across the continent. It reveals fascinating stories of medical practice, including when Indigenous knowledge of the corkwood plant was used to develop a seasickness pill for the Allied D-Day invasion.
- Guest: Jacqueline Healy, Curator and Director of Museums, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
- Producer: Jack Schmidt
504 episodes
Manage episode 522451464 series 2902428
A new exhibition at the University of Melbourne's Medical History Museum, Cultural Medicine: The Art of Indigenous Healing celebrates 65,000 years of First Nations medical knowledge and practice from across the continent. It reveals fascinating stories of medical practice, including when Indigenous knowledge of the corkwood plant was used to develop a seasickness pill for the Allied D-Day invasion.
- Guest: Jacqueline Healy, Curator and Director of Museums, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
- Producer: Jack Schmidt
504 episodes
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