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Sawbones: Vasectomy
Episode 246
You had to see this one coming. Yes, just a few short weeks after Justin's surgery, Dr. Sydnee decides to explain the complete history of vasectomies…
7 years, 8 months ago
Sawbones: Medical Illustration
Episode 245
We take for granted that we know what bodies look like on the inside, but this week on Sawbones we honor those brave pioneers that had to draw them f…
7 years, 9 months ago
Sawbones: Memorialization and Medical Ethics
Episode 244
This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin discuss what we owe to people who do terrible things in the name of medical progress.
Music: "Medicines…
7 years, 9 months ago
Sawbones: Ether
Episode 243
People talk a lot of mess about drugs being dangerous, and they're right. But did you know that ether frolics, a delightfully named drug party, inspi…
7 years, 9 months ago
Sawbones: Asbestos
Episode 242
Asbestos has gotten a lot of bad publicity over the last century, but isn't that just because it's so incredibly dangerous for humans to inhale? Isn'…
7 years, 9 months ago
Sawbones: Perkins' Tractors
Episode 241
Justin and Dr. Sydnee explore the history of Perkins' Tractors which are both 1. not what they sound like and 2. not what they claim to be. Mysteriou…
7 years, 10 months ago
Sawbones: The Placebo Effect
Episode 240
If the pill you've been taking has been helping you, but it's really made of sugar, would you want to know? Those and other thrilling ethical questio…
7 years, 10 months ago
Sawbones: CBD Oil
Episode 239
CBD oil is collecting a lot of adherents and getting a lot of buzz due to, in part, it being derived from cannabis. It won't get you high, but is CBD…
7 years, 10 months ago
Sawbones: Applied Kinesiology
Episode 238
This week on Sawbones, we explore a completely groundless testing method based on the same science as Ouija boards that's used by over a third of Ame…
7 years, 11 months ago
Sawbones: The Bends
Episode 237
In honor of the rescue of 12 boys and their coach from a cave in Thailand, we're discussing the history of dive medicine research that helped make it…
7 years, 11 months ago