Podcast Episodes

Sawbones: Hydroxychloroquine

Episode 319

There are some pushing hydroxychloroquine as a miracle treatment for COVID-19 in a way that should seem familiar (and a little scary) to long-time Sa…

5 years, 11 months ago

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Sawbones: Ignaz Semmelweis

Episode 318

This week on Sawbones, it's the fascinating, inspiring and infuriating story of Ignaz Semmelweis. You'll learn how he discovered why it was so import…

6 years ago

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Sawbones: Masks

Episode 317

The COVID-19 outbreak has recently pushed masks and other protective equipment into the forefront of the global conversation, especially as a shortag…

6 years ago

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Sawbones: Coronavirus Part 2

Episode 316

Surprise! This week our medical history podcast is about the biggest medical history event in any of our lifetimes. Let's talk about home testing! So…

6 years ago

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Sawbones: Revenge of the Weird Medical Questions

Episode 315

Once again, we're putting Justin at peril of being supremely yucked out by your weirdest medical queries: Should your pee smell so good? Why is your …

6 years ago

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Sawbones: How Yellow Fever (Nearly) Destroyed Philadelphia

Episode 314

This week on Sawbones, it's the story of how Yellow Fever killed 10 percent of Philadelphia, destroyed the government and made everyone rethink their…

6 years, 1 month ago

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Sawbones: Quarantine

Episode 313

For reasons we assume you can guess, we're discussing the history of quarantine, and how its historical misuse should make you particularly alert in …

6 years, 1 month ago

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Sawbones: William Cunningham and the Ghouls of Cincinnati

Episode 312

We love grave robbers on Sawbones and ... well, that came out wrong. We don't have a particular affinity for today's grave robbers, but they've playe…

6 years, 1 month ago

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Sawbones: Laudable Pus

Episode 311

This week on Sawbones, it's the truly embarrassing story of why we spent several centuries thinking it was important for us to make wounds as pus-fil…

6 years, 1 month ago

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Sawbones: Body Temperature

Episode 310

This week on Sawbones, things are getting hot! Well, no, come to think of it, they’re doing the opposite. They’re getting colder. And by “they” we me…

6 years, 1 month ago

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