HoMH Seminars RUG – dr. Chris Millard – Harrowing, discomfiting, perilous, brutish and unpleasant: the visibility of diagnostic procedures in Munchausen Syndrome in 1950s England.

Name: HoMH Seminars RUG – dr. Chris Millard – Harrowing, discomfiting, perilous, brutish and unpleasant: the visibility of diagnostic procedures in Munchausen Syndrome in 1950s England.
Start: 2026-03-25T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-25T17:00:00+01:00
Location: online

This year, the theme for The History of Medicine and Health Seminars at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen is “diagnosis”. Wednesday 25 March, 16.00-17.00: dr. Chris Millard (University of Sheffield) – Harrowing, discomfiting, perilous, brutish and unpleasant: the visibility of diagnostic procedures in Munchausen Syndrome in 1950s England. This session will be held online, you can contact Diedelot Denessen for the participation link at d.denessen@rug.nl.

Other upcoming sessions of the History of Health Seminars at the University of Groningen: Wednesday 22 April, 16.00-17.00 Wednesday 27 May, 16.00-17.00.