Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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: The Glass Delusion

Episode Date: September 23, 2017

This week, Dr. Sydnee and Justin delve into the strange story of the king who thought he was made of glass, and the many he might have convinced that...

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Sawbones: Snoring

Episode Date: September 11, 2017

Dr. Sydnee and Justin mark the 200th episode of Sawbones with a topic that's a real snooze: The history of snoring! (Get it?) Music: "Medicines" by Th...

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Sawbones: Tickling

Episode Date: August 25, 2017

Sawbones tries to lighten things up this week and Dr. Sydnee and Justin explore the chuckle-worthy history of tickling. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxp...

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Sawbones: Eugenics

Episode Date: August 17, 2017

This week on Sawbones, join Justin and Dr. Sydnee for a timely, tragic history of eugenics. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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Sawbones: Opioid Addiction

Episode Date: August 11, 2017

This week on Sawbones, join Justin and Dr. Sydnee for a sobering look at America's opioid crisis. The bad news: We're all still living in a Sawbones e...

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Sawbones: Mutter Museum

Episode Date: July 20, 2017

Philadelphia is home not only to the most recent Sawbones live show, but also one of the world's most unusual museums -- The Mutter Museum -- a collec...

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Sawbones: Wrinkles

Episode Date: July 7, 2017

If you've got a few decades on you, you've certainly started to notice a few of the telltale signs of aging. Well, not YOU, of course. YOU look great,...

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Sawbones: Medicinal Tattoos

Episode Date: June 2, 2017

Tattoos (usually) look cool, but did you know they've also been used throughout history to treat illness? It's true! This week, Dr. Sydnee and Justin...

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Sawbones: The Clap

Episode Date: May 25, 2017

Live from Austin, Texas, it's ... well, it's one of the grossest episodes Justin and Dr. Sydnee have ever recorded. So, sorry about that. Anyway, let'...

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Sawbones: Vivien Thomas

Episode Date: May 18, 2017

We mentioned him in our last episode, but Vivien Thomas deserves his own episode. Join Dr. Sydnee and Just as they explore the life of the high-school...

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Sawbones: Flouride

Episode Date: April 30, 2017

This week, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explore a medical mystery: Why, for a town in Colorado, was having brown teeth a sign of great tooth health? Music: "...