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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy

Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we"ve tried to fix people.

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00:32:54

Sawbones: Mary Roach

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2016/06/01

Holy crap you guys, we talked to Mary Roach! Yes, THAT Mary Roach, the author of Gulp, Bonk, Spook and her newest, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, due out in early June. We spoke with Roach about a history of wrong thinking on diarrhea, why the military kept weather-related secrets from her and the Medicare code for maggots. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:36:07

Sawbones: Kombucha

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine ·

2016/05/28

If you, like us, have been seeing kombucha everywhere, you've probably heard about it's many, many health benefits. Like, SO MANY health benefits. You know what ... you've listened to Sawbones for a while, right? You know where this is going. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:35:26

Sawbones: Kidney Stones

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine ·

2016/05/20

It's time to talk about the ailment so scary that Hippocrates told other doctors they shouldn't mess with it: Kidney stones. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:32:44

Sawbones: Bezoars

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2016/05/12

If you found a lump of hair in an animal's stomach, would you first thought be "Huh, I bet that will help cure poison!" No? See, that's why you'll never cut it as an old-timey person. Let's talk about bezoars! Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:35:27

Sawbones: Tinnitus

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine ·

2016/05/05

We continue our exploration of the ear with an examination of one of history's most annoying (and hardest to treat) ailment: Tinnitus, otherwise known as ringing in the ears. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:30:57

Sawbones: Goofiest Medical Questions Vol. 2

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine ·

2016/04/29

We're back with answers to more of the medical questions so goofy you're afraid to ask your doctor. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:31:36

Sawbones: Earaches

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2016/04/21

Last week on Sawbones, we moved into your ear. This week on Sawbones, we're staying put with an episoe about the dizzying number of ways we've profaned mice to fix earaches. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:33:08

Sawbones: Earwax

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2016/04/15

This week on Sawbones, we make earwax way, way worse before we remove all of it. Well, most of it. You gotta leave some you know, it's good for you. Eh, you should probably just listen. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:38:14

Sawbones: Hydrogen Peroxide

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2016/04/07

In what may be the most shocking episode of Sawbones to date, we reveal the dirty truth about hydrogen peroxide: It's maybe not so useful for anything. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:36:24

Sawbones: Hemophilia

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine ·

2016/03/31

Dr. Sydnee and Justin try to apologize for their poopie episode with an episode about blood. They are bad at apologizing. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:51:27

Sawbones: Poop

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2016/03/24

Welp, here's an episode about poop. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:51:10

Sawbones: Your Goofiest Medical Questions: Answered

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2016/03/17

It's #MaxFunDrive time and Justin and Sydnee are marking the occasion with a special episode in which all of your goofiest, most embarrassing medical questions will be answered by Dr. Sydnee. The link to donate? Well, so happy you asked! Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:38:22

Sawbones: Vinegar

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine ·

2016/03/10

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee harness the power of history's longest lasting, most widespread and (perhaps) least effective home remedy. The good news about vinegar? Still great on fries. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:33:27

Sawbones: Hookworm

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2016/03/04

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee have been working in the coal mine, and paying REAL close attention to where they step in the their history of hookworm. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:30:04

Sawbones: The King of Quacks

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine ·

2016/02/25

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee return to the fertile land of patent medicine quacks to introduce you to Curtis Howe Springer, the King of Quacks. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:34:52

Sawbones: Heartburn

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2016/02/19

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee eat some coral in a misguided attempt to cure their heartburn (while upsetting as little of the ecosystem as possible). Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:38:54

Sawbones: Crystal Healing

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2016/02/11

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee really "rock out" with an episode all about the healing power of crystals. Get it? Rock out? Man, that's one great joke. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:46:10

Sawbones: Zika Virus

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2016/02/04

This week on Sawbones, a new disease is taking the world by storm and Sydnee and Justin are there to explain what everyone is so freaked out about. Well, Sydnee explains. Justin freaks out. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:36:06

Sawbones: The People vs. The Spleen

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2016/01/28

This week on Sawbones, it's The Trial of The Century as Justin tries to prove to Sydnee once and for all that the spleen is useless. Take your seats, here comes the judge. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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00:36:09

Sawbones: Nosebleeds

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2016/01/22

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee have got some wicked nosebleeds, but it's no problem: They've got some Doug to stuff up there. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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