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Episode 30 - U.S. Civil War Ambulance Corps
Episode 30 - U.S. Civil War Ambulance Corps
This week's episode features a special guest collaboration! Kyle Dalton, from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine... Read more
14 Jul 2022
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43mins
Ranked #2
Episode 29 - The Madness of King George III
Episode 29 - The Madness of King George III
This week's episode features a dig through an interesting article from the British Medical Journal with a proposed medic... Read more
30 Jun 2022
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47mins
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Episode 28 - The Facemaker with special guest - Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris
Episode 28 - The Facemaker with special guest - Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris
In this super-exciting special episode the Poor Historians interview author Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris about her new book, T... Read more
16 Jun 2022
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Episode 27 - Dr. Joseph Lister (via The Butchering Art - By Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris)
Episode 27 - Dr. Joseph Lister (via The Butchering Art - By Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris)
Dr. Joseph Lister revolutionized the practice of medicine. He used the scientific method to make medicine and surgery s... Read more
2 Jun 2022
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Episode 26 - Kings and Colonics
Episode 26 - Kings and Colonics
Every so often we let Mike choose topics without supervision. This episode is an example of this. We started with an e... Read more
19 May 2022
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Episode 25 - Bedlam Hospital
Episode 25 - Bedlam Hospital
This episode reveals how long mental health care has come over the centuries. Part asylum, part zoo, Bedlam Hospitals h... Read more
5 May 2022
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Episode 24 - Mercury As Medicine
Episode 24 - Mercury As Medicine
In this episode we'll discuss the various uses of mercury--yes, the liquidy metal that your parents told you not to touc... Read more
21 Apr 2022
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Episode 23 - Florence Nightingale
Episode 23 - Florence Nightingale
Her name is synonymous with excellence in nursing for good reason. Here we'll talk about one of the most famous nurses ... Read more
7 Apr 2022
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Episode 22 - Hypothermia (The Coldest Case of Survival on Record)
Episode 22 - Hypothermia (The Coldest Case of Survival on Record)
The feature of this episode is a remarkable survival story, one which occured within the past 30 years. The other side ... Read more
24 Mar 2022
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Episode 21 - Radium (Marie Curie and the Radium Girls)
Episode 21 - Radium (Marie Curie and the Radium Girls)
Marie Curie and her husband discovered radium and radioactivity in 1898. Soon thereafter everything has radium in it, ... Read more
10 Mar 2022
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