Belfast’s forgotten medical history

Starting with an engrossing historical walking tour, discover which diseases and illnesses afflicted those living in Victorian Belfast, find out what life was like in Belfast’s asylums and learn how doctors coped during the Troubles.

Dr Ian Miller

Starting with an engrossing historical walking tour, discover which diseases and illnesses afflicted those living in Victorian Belfast, find out what life was like in Belfast’s asylums and learn how doctors coped during the Troubles. At the end of the walking tour, talks will be given in Ulster University’s Belfast campus by leading medical historians. Wrap up warm!

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science

• Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences