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COMING SOON...

Blood, Guts and Nasty Cuts: A Thrilling Guide to the History of Medicine (DK Children's, 3 September 2026)

Books

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The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack: How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England, OneWorld Publications, 2025

'An entertaining history of medicine… Skuse brings a deep familiarity with the contemporary sources and a dry wit.' Dan Jones, The Sunday Times

'A richly researched and atmospheric history.' Brandy Schillace, Wall Street Journal

Alanna appearing on BBC Radio 3

Broadcast

'Renaissance Medicine', You're Dead to Me

'How to survive in Renaissance England' Dan Snow's History Hit

'Renaissance Remedies' Talking Tudors

'How to Survive in Renaissance England' Not Just the Tudors

'Humours and the Body' BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking

Why Haven't We Cured Cancer? Cancer Research UK

Articles

Doctor Chamberlen's Forceps, History Today, 2025

The Phantom Limb Puzzle, History Today, 2024

Renaissance Wonder Women, History Today, 2022

Saving Face, History Today, 2022

Desperate Measures, History Today, 2021

Renaissance Nose Jobs, The Conversation, 2021

Why can't we talk about mastectomy? The Conversation, 2020

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Cover of Alanna's book, Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England

Academic

Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England (CUP, 2021)

‘Biting One’s Tongue: autoglossotomy and agency in The Spanish Tragedy.’ (Renaissance Studies, 2021)

‘”With one stroak of his razour”: tales of self-castration in early modern England.’ (Social History of Medicine, 2020)

‘Missing Parts in The Shoemaker’s Holiday’ (Renaissance Drama 2017)

‘Wombs, Worms and Wolves: Constructing Cancer in Early Modern England’ (Social History of Medicine)

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