EPISODE · Dec 3, 2025 · 23 MIN
Bush medicine: how Indigenous practice has survived millennia
from Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A new exhibition at the University of Melbourne's Medical History Museum, Cultural Medicine: The Art of Indigenous Healing celebrates 65,000 years of First Nations medical knowledge and practice from across the continent. It reveals fascinating stories of medical practice, including when Indigenous knowledge of the corkwood plant was used to develop a seasickness pill for the Allied D-Day invasion. Guest: Jacqueline Healy, Curator and Director of Museums, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesProducer: Jack Schmidt
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A new exhibition at the University of Melbourne's Medical History Museum, Cultural Medicine: The Art of Indigenous Healing celebrates 65,000 years of First Nations medical knowledge and practice from across the continent. It reveals fascinating stories of medical practice, including when Indigenous knowledge of the corkwood plant was used to develop a seasickness pill for the Allied D-Day invasion. Guest: Jacqueline Healy, Curator and Director of Museums, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Producer: Jack Schmidt
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