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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine Maximum Fun
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Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.
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Sawbones: Mechanical Heart Pump
Sometimes the cities we visit on tour have some historical medical mess-ups, but not Detroit! Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about Forest Dewey Dodrill, who performed the first successful heart surgery (with a pump) in a time where operating on the heart was considered a no-no.
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Sawbones: Tampons
You may have heard that a new study showed tampons contain traces of metals. Dr. Sydnee and Justin go through the history of tampons, why they might contain metal, and what we still need to find out about the possible effects of using them.
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Sawbones: Human Tricks
Can you touch your tongue with your nose or wiggle your ears? Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the science and studies behind weird little tricks some bodies can do, or "stupid human tricks."
Can you flare your nostrils? Take our poll: https://shorturl.at/rdzY3
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Sawbones: A Couple of Boob Questions
Sawbones listeners just have so many strange medical questions! Questions like: Why do I sneeze at dark chocolate? Does Diet Coke actually relieve nausea? Why does saliva get thicker while exercising? And you know that TikTok with the cinnamon rolls and the yeast infection. . . is that . . .real?
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Sawbones Classic: Chocolate
To coincide with the opening of Justin and Sydnee's stage production, we bring to you a classic episode about the medicinal history of chocolate!
This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew.
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Sawbones: Willy Wonka
There are different versions of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory exploits, but all of them involve strange things happening to children who misbehave. But from a biological standpoint, what does that look like? Dr. Sydnee and Justin discuss the strange science going on at Wonka's factory and whether gum could possibly contain enough juice to turn someone into a blueberry.
Note: Willy Wonka is the creation of Roald Dahl, not a good person. More information about his antisemitism available here: https://time.com/5937507/roald-dahl-anti-semitism/
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/
Customer Reviews
This show gives me faith in this world
I started listening to Sawbones when the pandemic started to keep me sane when I was dealing with all the misinformation about Covid and the vaccines. Granted I started at the beginning and I’m so glad I did because it was a lighthearted and captivating look into historical practices that I found hilarious and interesting. I worked my way to the pandemic episodes near the end of the pandemic and honestly I was too exhausted to listen to a lot of those episodes but I have listened to all but 78 episodes so far - old and new. I will get to the harder episodes but it is so difficult to hear the stupid things we are doing even now. However I’m so grateful for this show because it is shedding light on modern malpractice and concerns that is so informative and helpful. Keep up this much needed work!!
The best! Sydney is my goddess! And of course you Justin, lol.
I agree with Justin. This is the best podcast on the internet, because I feel like that is true.
I’m in healthcare and listen to this in the way to and from work. Gives me so much joy and it puts me on a good footing for work, and on the way home, it brings me back down to the ground and makes me laugh and destress.
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