Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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70. Diabetes
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin are drinking up a cup of your sweet, sweet pee. Graphic? Sure, but how else will we know if you have diabetes?

2015x2
71. Aromatherapy
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin are joining Matthew McConaughey to unlock the infinite power of your nose as we sniff out the history of aromatherapy.

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72. Blood Transfusions
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin are selling all their plasma with their history of blood transfusions.

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73. Paracelsus, a Weird Guy Who Did Weird Things Then Died
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin putting the SLIGHTEST bit of poop on a pill made from bread as they introduce you to Paracelsus Phillippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.

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74. Measles
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin are getting really angry about measles. Come get mad with us.

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75. The Dancing Plague
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin recount a horrifying, real-world case … of Boogie Fever.

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76. Chocolate
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin are taking a sunrise and sprinkling it with dew as they talk about the history of medicinal chocolate.

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77. The Four Humors
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin wear a Taz T-shirt in a mall fashion show. Also, bile, blood and phlegm are discussed.

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78. Syphilis
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the latest hot trends in mercury fumigation as they explore the history of syphilis.

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79. Malaria
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin tell you the miraculous story of the tree that fell in a lake after an earthquake and helped treat malaria.

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80. Medical Education
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explain why Sydnee gets to call herself a doctor and poor Justin doesn’t in their history of medical education.

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81. Medical TV (Part 1)
Episode overview

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.

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82. “Heroes” of Patent Medicine: Volume 1
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, in the first part of a three-part series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin introduce you to some of the craziest operators from the heyday of patent medicines.

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83. “Heroes” of Patent Medicine: Volume 2
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, in the second part of a three-part series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin introduce you to some of the craziest operators from the heyday of patent medicines.

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84. “Heroes” of Patent Medicine: Volume 3
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, in the final part of a three-part series, Dr. Sydnee and Justin introduce you to some of the craziest operators from the heyday of patent medicines.

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85. Polio
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explore the light and dark side of swimming pools as they present the thrilling tale of humanity’s triumph over polio.

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86. Sweating Sickness
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin are gonna make you sweat with their history of the totally bizarre phenomenon known as “Sweating Sickness.”

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87. The Gut Hole Romance
Episode overview

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.

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88. Typhoid Mary
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee share medical history’s greatest present the sad story of one of medicine’s most mistreated “villains.”

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89. Poison Ivy
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, you’re gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion as Justin and Sydnee explore the weird history of poison ivy.

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90. Medical TV (Part 2)
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee finish their scattershot history of medical TV. An episode that even the most squeamish listener won’t be yucked out by!

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95. The Seasick-Proof Saloon
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee crash a boat into a pier to cure your seasickness.

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91. The Teen Girl
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin is transported into the body of a Sydnee’s teenage sister Rileigh and has a lot of awkward questions.

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92. Sunburns
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee want you to get your D in the safest way humanly possible.

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93. Burns
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee celebrate their wedding anniversary by rubbing cow manuer in a burn.

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94. Guinea Worms
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee are wrapping a parasitic worm around a stick with Jimmy Carter.

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96. The Unkillable Phineas Gage
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee blow metal rod through a guy’s brain and live to tell about it. He does too, which is more impressive, in retrospect.

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97. Fainting and Corsets
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee stop making corsets and build two battleships as they explore the history of fainting.

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102. Birds
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, it’s Part One of our series of putting pet-centric illness on BLAST. This week, live from Seattle, we finally give birds their due.

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98. Honey
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee do their sweetest, most requested episode ever: Let’s have a bit ‘o’ honey.

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99. Hygiene
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee throw the baby out with the bathwater (literally) as they explore the history of hygiene.

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100. Conjoined Twins
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Dr. Sydnee explore the strange, sad and even occassionally lovely history of conjoined twins.

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101. Love
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, we celebrate 100 episodes of Sawbones as Justin and Dr. Sydnee pat themselves on the back, talk about the history of their show (and marriage) and explore the medical history of love.

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103. Cats
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, it’s Part Two of our series of putting pet-centric illness on BLAST. This week, live from Vancouver, we give kitties the business.

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104. Lice
Episode overview

Lice are gross. That is all.

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105. Snakes
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, it’s Part Three of our series of putting pet-centric illness on BLAST. This week we’re putting snakes on a plane.

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106. Aah, Real Monsters!
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and guest star Rileigh Smirl introduce you to the diseases at the root of some monsters myths.

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107. Near-Death Experiences
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Oh No Ross and Carrie! hosts Ross Blocher and Carrie Poppy hosts step in for Sydnee and Justin as part of the Max Fun Great Switcheroo as they look into the history of near-death experiences.

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108. Lyme Disease
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee are dodging ticks as we explore the surprisingly short history of Lyme Disease.

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109. Roundworms
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin embark on a tour of the history of roundworms, in an episode Sydnee says will be just “Part 1” of the history of roundworms, which Justin finds horrifying, for the record.

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110. Medical History Halloween Costumes
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin dip into their archives to find some great/terrible ideas for costumes from the history of medicine. Also: Spooky medical stories to help you impress around the campfire!

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111. Nursing
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin finally stick it to Joy Behar (just a couple months too late to be relevant) with their brief history of nursing.

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112. The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin are back with, and we don’t think we’re exaggerating here: The weirdest story they’ve ever told.

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113. The Poison Squad
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin highlight some of medicine’s most incredible superheroes. Their power? Eating trash and not dying.

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114. Scarlet Fever
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin discuss one reason the world is a little less scary for today’s parents: The history of scarlet fever.

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115. Gunshot Wounds
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin provide a brief history of caring for gunshot wounds.

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116. Scurvy
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, we put the lime in the coconut and the severity of our scurvy is not diminished in the slightest.

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117. Christmas Is Trying to Kill You
Episode overview

This week on Sawbones, Live from Huntington, WV and Candlenights 2015: CHRISTMAS IS TRYING TO KILL YOU. Grandma. Egg nog. Trees. Mistletoe. The Grinch. RUN.

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Justin McElroy

Sydnee McElroy