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Back to SearchSawbones: Pirate Medicine Chapter Three
Episode 436
In the third and final chapter of the pirate medicine series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the dreaded Flux. What is the Flux? Well, it involves something coming out of your body in excess . . . …
Published on 3 years ago
Sawbones: Pirate Medicine Chapter Two
Episode 435
In the second entry in the pirate medicine series, Dr. Sydnee talks about the practice of treating burns aboard a ship. It seems like burns on a ship would not be a problem, but ships are made of woo…
Published on 3 years ago
Sawbones: Pirate Medicine Chapter One
Episode 434
To celebrate the first new live Sawbones shows since 2020, we're releasing the first in a three-part series exploring the vast array that pirates—in an extremely resource and knowledge-limited settin…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Sawbones: Does Shrimp Make My Husband Drunk?
Episode 433
Have you ever wanted to ask a real doctor questions that aren’t really advice? Dr. Sydnee answers listener questions about infecting yourself with a virus, refusing opioids, and difficult veins. And …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Sawbones: Anthroposophy
Episode 432
Why not just connect the spiritual and scientific world? That's basically what anthroposophy asks, teaching a philosophical approach to medicine. Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the history of this …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Sawbones: Iridology
Episode 431
The eyes are the windows to the soul, but could they also be the windows to all the body's ailments? Dr. Sydnee and Justin discuss iridology, the idea that changes in the eye color could possibly ind…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: Dr. Oz
Episode 430
There are many people who have been recurring characters on Sawbones. Pliny the Elder. Charlie. But few so notorious as Dr. Mehmet Oz, now running for the U.S. Senate. This isn’t a commentary on his …
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: Schizophrenia
Episode 429
Is schizophrenia the same as having a dissociative identity? Or anti-social disorder? Or being a murderer? No. No. All of these are wrong. Dr. Sydnee breaks down one of the most misunderstood and mal…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: How Justin McElroy Became a Trusted Source for COVID News in Canada
Episode 428
Podcast history is being made here: There are TWO Justin McElroys in this week's episode. We are joined by Justin McElroy, CBC reporter of municipal affairs in Vancouver and British Columbia, as he d…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: E. coli
Episode 427
From our earliest days of life E. coli is among us and within us, living in harmony with the rest of our colonic flora. But this week we're here to discuss the multi-dimensional E. coli's ability to …
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago