Medical Reversals

Episode 282

12th July 2019

You’re well acquainted with all of humanity’s history of medical mistakes, but even modern medicine changes it’s mind from time to time. This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explain what a medical reversal looks like!

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You’re well acquainted with all of humanity’s history of medical mistakes, but even modern medicine changes it’s mind from time to time. This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explain what a medical reversal looks like!

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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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