{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60032060-080e-42c5-ac26-f93fc2b4d612/6286722b7f4d64001365e226?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Medicine & Misogyny","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6215faef4b795a5d1ffd3b62/1647338597774-a2404f1ce8cc1a6d2c15dc1705392021.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Using leeches to suck the blood from patients,&nbsp;mercury pills, and removing limbs with NO anaesthetic - healthcare throughout history hasn’t been the most…appealing.</p><p><br></p><p>But have you ever thought about the difference in how men and women were treated?</p><p><br></p><p>From witch trials to hysteria to wandering wombs, today Betwixt the Sheets Kate speaks to Dr Elinor Cleghorn, author of <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646468/unwell-women-by-elinor-cleghorn/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">'Unwell Women' </a>to find out about gender bias in medicine.</p><p><br></p><p>*WARNING this episode includes fruity language and themes of an adult nature*</p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Seyi Adaobi.</p><p><br></p><p>Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal &amp; Society. A podcast by History Hit.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast includes music from Epidemic Sound and an archive clip from Body-care and Grooming public video 1948, and Good Grooming for Girls, 1946 (GlamourDaze).</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}