Disease Death and Doctors

Apr 11 2022 1.2k
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This is a storytelling podcast that discusses the NON-chronological history of medicine (Because going in order sucks). A discussion of diseases, discoveries, and the doctors that left their mark (and sometimes scar) on the field of medicine. Things are going to get weird. Episodes released twice monthly for your auditory consumption. Music: The Road (Punk Rock Opera). Tom Podell (digital alteration of Wellcome Library historical watercolor CC by 4.0)

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Ambroise Pare. Barber. Surgeon.

Apr 11 2022 38 mins  
Doctor John and Doctor Guy chit chat about the great Ambroise Pare. The French Barber Surgeon whose tight fades and man perms could only be out done by his battlefield surgical prowess and ingenious prosthesis designs. This rousing episode includes lots of amputations, some essential oils, ligatures, and a guest appearance by everyone's favorite magical stone.

Chagas Disease. It's worse than cooties.

Mar 07 2022 35 mins  
Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss Chagas Disease and the "Kissing Bug." Nothing says "I love you" like a parasitic infection caused by a bug that defecates near your mouth after it kisses (bites) you.

Doctor Daniel Hale Williams. Fixing Broken Hearts since 1893

Feb 21 2022 40 mins  
The honorable doctor John and less honorable doctor Guy bask in the greatness of Doctor Daniel Hale Williams, the only African-American selected as a charter member to the American College of Surgeons and the man, the myth, the legend, credited with performing the first successful open heart surgery. All he needed were his bare hands, a scalpel, and a wooden stethoscope.Oh... and a

Marco. Polio.

Jan 24 2022 46 mins  
The honorable Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss their 5th favorite Olympic sport... Polio, as well as the worlds last great vaccination victory. Virus eradication is sweet! (Iron Lungs... less sweet)

Doctoring on the Oregon Trail. You have dysentery. Again.

Jan 10 2022 37 mins  
Doctor John and Doctor Guy roll their wagon wheel along the Oregon Trail as they describe the dangers and maladies of the 2170 mile long journey as well as the unfortunate paucity of medical interventions available to the average traveler. It was a magical place where Arrows, lightening strikes, mule kicks, and a plethora of diseases awaited the weary settlers... all of whom were p

William "The King of Surgery" Halsted. Toot. Toot.

Dec 27 2021 42 mins  
The honorable doctor John and the less honorable doctor Guy dive into one of the classic medical history origin stories, that of the great William Stewart Halsted. One of the original Johns Hopkins "Big Four," a visionary surgeon and reformer of surgical training in the United States, and... a functional cocaine addict (aka. a rainbow sniffer, a snowblower, a real crack o

Would anyone like a DEET and Tonic with their Malaria?

Dec 10 2021 47 mins  
Doctor John and Doctor Guy wade into a swampy mosquito infested marsh to discuss plasmodium falciparum and malaria in all its historical glory. Damn you mosquitos, you could have spread something good, like "the word" or even "Christmas Cheer" but all you've done is given us the gift of Malaria! With that said, any disease that led to the creation of the Gi

That's Mass Hysterical. Not all uteri who wander are lost.

Nov 26 2021 41 mins  
Doctor John and Doctor Guy attempt to navigate the strange world of Mass Hysteria. The discussion of the now antiquated term, Hysteria, begins with its misogynistic past and will finish with some of the more bizarre cultural examples of how fear, stress, and the mind worked together to entrap the masses... because hysteria loves company. (And no... this podcast will not cause Koro.

Wait... Anthrax isn't just the name of a heavy metal band!?

Nov 12 2021 38 mins  
Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss our favorite neighborhood deadly spore, Anthrax! The gang will attempt to pronounce the generic names of various monoclonal antibody treatments... AND will discuss the history of "Death Island!!" aka Anthrax Island, aka Gruinard Island. (...Possible site for the next Trump International Golf Course..?) A 2kilometer Scottish Isle that cla

Scurvy. RRRRRR. The harrowing tale of limes and seamen (Or... seamen and limes)

Oct 29 2021 43 mins  
The honorable doctor John and the less honorable doctor Guy are back for a second season of perpetual digression... and of course... diseases, death, and doctors. Our dynamic duo has come out guns blazing for the season 2 premier, where they will tackle the epic history of Scurvy, aka. the sexiest vitamin deficiency of our time!