# Event Details - **Event Name**: From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Talks on Tuesdays: Real lectures in your favourite venues. 45-minute lecture & Q&A with Dr Paige DonaghyAbout this EventTalks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.Event Schedule:6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open7pm Lecuture Starts7.45pm Q&A8pm Talk Concludes8.30pm Event Closes.*Please arrive close to 6.30pm if you'd like to order meals, as there may be a wait time.À la carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.Your Topic: From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to nowEver wondered how ‘modern’ medicine developed? Curious about why doctors in the past used leeches to cure broken ribs, or drilled holes in peoples’ skulls to ‘cure’ mental illness? Thought about where the term ‘hysteria’ comes from, and why was it only applied to women? This lecture explores episodes in the history of medicine from the ancient Greek world to the present day, focussing on the surprising and shocking development of medical knowledge, technology, and ethics.Your Speaker: Dr. Paige DonaghyDr. Paige Donaghy is a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne and a historian specialising in reproduction, gender, and medical history in Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries.Her current research project, The Origins of Obstetric Violence in British Medicine (1690–1890), examines how harm and mistreatment in childbirth care emerged and were understood in medical and cultural contexts. By exploring historical attitudes towards women’s bodies and medical authority, her work sheds light on the deep roots of contemporary debates around birth, care, and consent.Paige’s scholarship has received national recognition, including the Australian Historical Association’s General Thesis Prize. She has held fellowships at prestigious institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, and her forthcoming book will be published in Durham University Press’s Science in Culture series.She currently serves as Secretary for the Australian and New Zealand History of Medicine Society and is a Managing Editor for VIDA Blog, part of the Australian Women’s History Network. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/south-melbourne/from-leeches-to-vaccines-a-history-of-medicine-from-ancient-greece-to-now/100001836348530889 - **Event Categories**: womens-history-month - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 22.49, max: 22.49, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: South Melbourne - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: Golden Gate Hotel - **lat**: -37.8317929 - **long**: 144.9597133 - **full address**: Golden Gate Hotel, 238 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne, Australia ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/e75613784f2fe5da10d7916ca3d225949b6c503aaea3d39b12e050613fa4201a-rimg-w1200-h675-dc0a0f15-gmir.jpg?v=1761882684 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now being held? - **A:** From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now takes place on Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm at Golden Gate Hotel, 238 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne, Australia. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now? - **A:** Tickets for From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now are priced at AUD 22 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral AdmissionAUD 22 + AUD 2 feeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now? - **A:** From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now is organized by Talks on Tuesdays. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "From leeches to vaccines: a history of medicine from ancient Greece to now", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/e75613784f2fe5da10d7916ca3d225949b6c503aaea3d39b12e050613fa4201a-rimg-w1200-h675-dc0a0f15-gmir.jpg?v=1761882684", "startDate": "2025-11-11", "endDate": "2025-11-11", "url": "https://allevents.in/south-melbourne/from-leeches-to-vaccines-a-history-of-medicine-from-ancient-greece-to-now/100001836348530889", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Golden Gate Hotel", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "238 Clarendon Street", "postalCode": "3205", "addressLocality": "South Melbourne", "addressRegion": "VI", "addressCountry": "AU" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "-37.8317929", "longitude": "144.9597133" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Talks on Tuesdays: Real lectures in your favourite venues. 45-minute lecture & Q&A with Dr Paige Donaghy", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-11", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "lowPrice": "22.49", "highPrice": "22.49", "price": "22.49", "url": "https://allevents.in/south-melbourne/from-leeches-to-vaccines-a-history-of-medicine-from-ancient-greece-to-now/100001836348530889" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/south-melbourne/from-leeches-to-vaccines-a-history-of-medicine-from-ancient-greece-to-now/100001836348530889", "price": "22.49", "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Talks on Tuesdays", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/talks-on-tuesdays/26236353", "description": "Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series where big ideas meet your favourite local venues. 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