Quacks and Cures
10 July 2009, 19.00 - 23.00
A musical fanfare opened our spectacular free evening of medicinal
remedies: an exciting late-night event of diagnoses and cures.
Visitors met a quack doctor, handled live leeches and contributed
their own home remedies.
Watch the video above to see highlights from the event,
including interviews with Alex Julyan, Roberta Bivins and Ben
Goldacre. (Running time: 8 min 5 s)
Read the
transcript [PDF 112KB]
This event was curated by Alex Julyan.
Participants
Your Very Good Health
Doctors: Martin Edwards, Sian Knight, Christopher Lawrence
Nurse: Hanneke Rauch
Meet the Leeches
Marian Gower, Biopharm Leeches
Dr Mosahebi, Plastic Surgeon, Royal Free NHS
David Carter, accordion
Richard Winch, singer
Onions, Pennies and Eggs
Theresia Hofer,
Home Remedies Facilitator
Leo Rutherford, Shamanistic Practitioner
Nail-biting Quiz
Quizmaster: Roger Cooter
Alternative team: Richard Barnett, Vivienne Lo, Alex Murray
Orthodox Team: Nick Cambridge, Naomi Craft, Thea Vidnes
Scorer: Ross MacFarlane
Victorian Medicine Show
Clive Greenwood,
Spectrum Drama
Quack Band leader: Troy Banarzi