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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

By: Justin McElroy Dr. Sydnee McElroy
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 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.Justin and Sydnee McElroy Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease World
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  • Sawbones: Munchausen Syndrome

    Sawbones: Munchausen Syndrome
    Aug 26 2025

    There are many eponymous disorders and diseases, but Munchausen is an interesting case of a disease named after a character who is based on a real person. Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen and how his fantastic stories became stuck to his name forever.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/
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    41 mins
  • Sawbones: Lisztomania

    Sawbones: Lisztomania
    Aug 19 2025

    Before the hysteria of Swifties and Beatlemania, people were getting hype over the handsome pianist Franz Liszt. Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about what exactly about this artist made regular fandom escalate into a mania and what this medical condition actually meant.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/
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    37 mins
  • Sawbones: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist

    Sawbones: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist
    Aug 5 2025

    Before everyone hits the back-to-school grind, we’ve got a fun episode about Freddy Pharkas. A historical figure of frontier medicine? No, a video game character from 1993. Justin and Dr. Sydnee talk about how a farmer-cist was made, as well as the real and fake medicine Freddy doled out on the frontier.

    Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

    World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/
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    31 mins
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