Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why anesthesia is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR KATIE GOLDIN:
- Katie Goldin on Bluesky
- @ProBirdRights on Bluesky
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
- When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide (Audubon)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery by Ira Rutkow
- Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development (The Lancet)
- The Mystery Behind Anesthesia (MIT Technology Review)
- How does anesthesia work? Experts still have questions. (Popular Science)
- Medical Treatments: Anesthesia (Cleveland Clinic)
- Tests & Procedures: General anesthesia (Mayo Clinic)
- Anesthetists, At Least, Report That Only an Unlucky Few Are Aware During Surgery (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Is the Unconscious Mind Aware of Its Surroundings? New Research Suggests Anesthetized Brains Can Process Overheard Words (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It Conscious? (The New York Times)
- What Sedated Plants Can Teach Scientists About Anesthetizing People (Smithsonian Magazine)
- The art of anaesthesia (London Science Museum)
- Painless Dreams: In the 19th century, chemical oblivion replaced liquor, opiates, and bleeding as the numbing agent of choice for surgeons. (Science History Institute Philadelphia)
- Anesthesia in the Civil War (National Museum of Civil War Medicine)
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990 (NobelPrize.org)
- First Heart Transplant Performed 35 Years Ago (U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration)
- The Ether Dome — Boston, Massachusetts (Atlas Obscura)
- Ether in Surgery (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
- A short history of fires and explosions caused by anaesthetic agents (British Journal of Anesthesia)
- Dr. Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis: The Unrecognized Pioneer of Aseptic Practices (Cureus)
- Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood by Lucy Jones
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Deja Vu
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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