The Drug History Podcast

Welcome to the Drug History Podcast, Series 1, Episode 13. In our last episode we looked at Drug Therapy in Traditional Western Samoan and Polynesian Medicine. In this episode we travel to North and South America and look at the drugs and medicines used by the indigenous populations in these regions.  The references used for this… The post Traditional Drug Therapy among indegenous American Peoples [https://www.drughistory.org/podcast/traditional-drug-therapy-among-indegenous-american-peoples/] first appeared on The Drug History Podcast [https://www.drughistory.org].

In our last episode we looked at Traditional Australian Aboriginal Drug Therapy. In this episode we move to Polynesia and look at Drug Therapy in Traditional Western Samoan and Polynesian Medicine. We start off with an article by Seeseei and others, published on the 9th of November 2021, in the Proceedings of the National Acedemy of Sciences… The post Drug Therapy in Traditional Western Samoan and Polynesian Medicine [https://www.drughistory.org/podcast/drug-therapy-in-traditional-western-samoan-and-polynesian-medicine/] first appeared on The Drug History Podcast [https://www.drughistory.org].

In our last episode we looked at Drug Use in the Renaissance, which brought us to the cusp of the modern age of medicine. So far, in our podcasts, we have looked at the Far East, the Middle East and Europe. In the next few episodes, we plan to cover Australia and the South Pacific Islands… The post Traditional Australian Aboriginal Drug Therapy [https://www.drughistory.org/podcast/traditional-australian-aboriginal-drug-therapy/] first appeared on The Drug History Podcast [https://www.drughistory.org].

In our last episode we looked at Drug Use in the Middle Ages. In this episode we look at Drug use in the Renaissance, the period from the 15th to the 18th centuries[1]. At this point it is useful to mark an important transition of relevance to this podcast. In the first two episodes we discussed the concept… The post Drug Use in the Renaissance [https://www.drughistory.org/podcast/drug-use-in-the-renaissance/] first appeared on The Drug History Podcast [https://www.drughistory.org].

In our last episode we looked at Drug Use in Hellenistic and Roman Times. In this episode we look at drug use in the Middle Ages. For clarifications purposes, the Medieval period started with the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD and lasted until the 15th century.   As we saw in our discussion of drug… The post Drug Use in the Middle Ages [https://www.drughistory.org/podcast/drug-use-in-the-middle-ages/] first appeared on The Drug History Podcast [https://www.drughistory.org].