Episode notes
TikTok has become enthralled with the idea of Thalassotherapy… which is basically going to the ocean to feel better. Dr. Sydnee talks about the history of this “sea cure” and Dr. Richard Russell, the man who popularized it in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Music: “Medicines” by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/
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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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