Sawbones: Osteopathic Medicine

Episode 344

16th October 2020

Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.s) have been thrust into the spotlight recently when one was tasked with caring for the world’s most famous COVID-19 patient. Some even went so far as to dismiss the president’s D.O. for those two letters following his name. But is that fair?

This week on Sawbones: Do D.O.s do what M.D.s do?

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Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.s) have been thrust into the spotlight recently when one was tasked with caring for the world’s most famous COVID-19 patient. Some even went so far as to dismiss the president’s D.O. for those two letters following his name. But is that fair?

This week on Sawbones: Do D.O.s do what M.D.s do?

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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