Dr Suzie Edge explores a selection of history’s most famous body parts – from Queen Victoria’s armpit to Louis XIV’s rear end
How did a severed ear start a war between Britain and Spain in the 18th century? And what has Queen Victoria’s armpit got to do with the development of antiseptic? Speaking to Charlotte Hodgman, medical doctor and historian Dr Suzie Edge investigates our long-standing fascination with body parts, and explores the incredible stories of the people attached to them – from Albert Einstein’s brain to the bones of ‘Irish Giant’ Charles Byrne.
Suzie Edge is a medical doctor, historian and the author of Vital Organs: A History of the World’s Most Famous Body Parts (Wildfire, 2023)