Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy
Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.
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Jun 3, 2015 • 32min
Sawbones: Poison Ivy
This week on Sawbones, you're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion as Justin and Sydnee explore the weird history of poison ivy.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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May 20, 2015 • 34min
Sawbones: Typhoid Mary
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee share medical history's greatest present the sad story of one of medicine's most mistreated "villains."
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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May 13, 2015 • 34min
Sawbones: The Gut Hole Romance
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee share medical history's greatest will-they/won't-they, the story of a doctor and his muse: A man with a hole in his stomach.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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May 7, 2015 • 36min
Sawbones: Sweating Sickness
This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee are gonna make you sweat with their history of the totally bizarre phenomenon known as "Sweating Sickness."
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
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Apr 29, 2015 • 33min
Sawbones: Polio
This week on Sawbones, in the last of their three-part series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explore the dark and light side of swimming pools as they present the triumph over polio.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)
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Apr 23, 2015 • 30min
Sawbones: Heroes of Patent Medicine: Volume 3
This week on Sawbones, in the last of their three-part series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin introduce you to some of the craziest operators in the patent medicine game.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)
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Apr 16, 2015 • 30min
Sawbones: Heroes of Patent Medicine: Volume 2
This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin introduce you to some of the craziest operators in the patent medicine game.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)
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Apr 8, 2015 • 30min
Sawbones: Heroes of Patent Medicine: Volume 1
This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin introduce you to some of the craziest operators in the patent medicine game.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)
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Mar 25, 2015 • 52min
Sawbones: Medical TV (Part 1)
This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee hands the reins to Justin as they explore the history of medical TV, and explain why most of TV doesn't actually exist.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)
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Mar 17, 2015 • 42min
Sawbones: Medical Education
This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explain why Sydnee gets to call herself and Justin doesn't.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)
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