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S2 Ep11: Paul William Child (Bonus Episode) - on Jonathan Swift and humoral bodies
Episode 11
Tuesday, 27 January, 2026
This is a bonus episode of For the Medical Record! Mia is flying solo to talk with Paul William Child, Professor of English at Sam Houston State University and alum of Johns Hopkins University's Online Master's Program in the History of Medicine. Child joins the pod to chat about his new book, The Dean Disordered: Jonathan Swift and Humoral Medicine, which grew out of his thesis project as well as a longstanding interest in Swift and his work. They discuss Swift's writings, how Swift understood his humoral body, and how the master's program helped shape his approach. Enjoy! Works Referenced: David M. Turner, Disability in Eighteenth-Century England: Imagining Physical Impairment (Routledge, 2012) Tobin Siebers, Disability Theory (University of Michigan Press, 2008) ---For the Medical Record is a podcast from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, hosted by Research Associate Richard Del Rio and Postdoctoral Fellow Mia Levenson. New episodes are released biweekly.In these episodes, we talk to people affiliated with the Center to discuss their research within the history of medicine and the medical humanities. We ask them why their work matters, and how history and the humanities can help us to better understand debates and practices within medicine and care today.
