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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, 2 months ago
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, 3 months ago
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, 3 months ago
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, 3 months ago
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, 3 months ago
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, 4 months ago
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, 4 months ago
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, 4 months ago
Sawbones: Coronavirus
Episode 309
This week on Sawbones, we've got a no-panic-allowed history of coronavirus along with a guide to the current strain that has held the headlines in a …
6 years, 4 months ago
Sawbones: IV Cocktails
Episode 307
Would it surprise you to learn that people with too much money are flocking to "IV bars" and paying hundreds of dollars for intravenous cocktails of …
6 years, 5 months ago