Sweating Sickness

Episode 87

6th May 2015

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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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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Music: “Medicines” by The Taxpayers

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Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin welcome you to Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine. Every Friday, they dig through the annals of medical history to uncover all the odd, weird, wrong, dumb and just gross ways we’ve tried to fix people over the years. Educational? You bet! Fun? We hope!

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