Dropsy

Episode 354

19th January 2021

It’s a true shame that the medical condition with perhaps the most adorable name, dropsy, doesn’t really exists. Well, it exists but … you know what, this is too complicated. Let’s just do a podcast episode about it.

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It’s a true shame that the medical condition with perhaps the most adorable name, dropsy, doesn’t really exists. Well, it exists but … you know what, this is too complicated. Let’s just do a podcast episode about it.

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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